Current Vacancies

Head of Service 

Location: Linlithgow, on-site
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week (Monday–Friday, typically 8am–5pm)
Salary: circa £55,000 

Are you ready to lead and shape services that make a real difference?  

We are seeking a driven and proactive Head of Service to provide senior leadership across Donaldsons Adult and Wellbeing Services. This is a pivotal role with overall accountability for ensuring our services are safe, compliant, high-quality and truly person-centred, with a strong focus on excellence in practice and continuous improvement. 

Acting as the Registered Manager, you will oversee the day-to-day delivery of our Care Inspectorate registered services, Gate, Treehouse and Vibe, ensuring positive outcomes for the neurodivergent people we support and embedding co-production at the heart of service design and delivery. 

This role requires a leader who is forward-thinking, adaptable and confident in responding to complexity. You will bring strong safeguarding knowledge and experience alongside the ability to balance hands-on operational leadership with strategic oversight to continuously improve services and maximise impact. 

For more information and to apply, please contact Dominic O’Malley at domalley@compassltd.co.uk. 

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Learning and Wellbeing Practitioners

Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian

Hours: Full time & Part Time Term time, permanent contracts available 

LWP1 – Permanent 32.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE), Monday to Thursday, between 8:30am and 4:30pm and 8:30am and 1:00pm on Friday 

Salary: £22,481.63 per annum (£14.96 per hour) 

LWP2 – Permanent 26 hours per week (0.8 FTE), Monday to Thursday, between 8:30am and 4:30pm and 8:30am and 1:00pm on Friday 

Salary: £17,985.30 per annum (£14.96 per hour) 

We are looking to recruit proactive, empathetic and flexible Learning and Wellbeing Practitioners to join our Sensational Learning Centre (a grant aided special school for neurodivergent children with complex additional support needs) on a term time basis.

Joining Donaldson’s as a Learning and Wellbeing Practitioner offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to our supportive and dynamic school community, with a focus on high-quality teaching and learning.

You will work collaboratively to create a motivating and safe learning environment which takes account of individual pupil needs and ensures the highest quality of support and safeguarding standards.

Experience of working with individuals with additional support needs, good understanding of safeguarding and commitment to Donaldsons’ values and ethos are essential. You will be proficient in reading and writing (and hold National 4 or equivalent in English and Maths), be a confident communicator, and able to respond flexibly to changing circumstances while providing structured and consistent support that needs individual support needs.

You will align with our purpose, values and attributes of being professional, dependable, collaborative, curious and adaptable and if you are able use and/or understand BSL, that is a bonus!

What we offer?

• An opportunity to work in a values-led, inclusive school environment where pupil voice and wellbeing are at the heart of decision making
• Small class sizes
• Ongoing professional development
• A culture of collegiate support, innovation and reflective practice
• A meaningful opportunity to make a long-lasting difference to pupils who face significant barriers to education
• Term time contract means summer and other school holiday periods off (in line with West Lothian Council school term dates)

The post is based in Linlithgow and is subject to PVG Scheme Record/Update.

Please review the full job description available here.

Closing date: Thursday 25th June at 9am

To apply, please fill in our application form available here.

If you would like to discuss the role further, have any questions, or would like any assistance with your application, please contact us on people@donaldsons.org.uk and we would be happy to help.

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Fixed Term Teacher

Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian

Hours: Fixed Term, Full time Term time

35 hours per week (1.0 FTE), Monday to Thursday, between 8:30am and 4:30pm and 8:30am and 1:00pm on Friday

Salary: £33,594 – £50,589 pro rate, per annum

Are you passionate about meeting the individual needs of pupils? Do you take a creative and nurturing approach to helping young people thrive and succeed? If you are a motivated teacher committed to high-quality learning, inclusion and continuous improvement, we would love to hear from you. 

The Donaldson Trust is Scotland’s National Body for Neurodiversity, providing a range of services for neurodivergent children, young people and adults. This role is based within the Sensational Learning Centre, our grant-aided special school supporting pupils with complex additional support needs. 

We are seeking to appoint a full-time (1.0 FTE) teacher on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive and forward-thinking school community where high-quality teaching, inclusive practice and pupil wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do. 

About the role 

You will: 

• Deliver high-quality learning, teaching and assessment tailored to pupils with additional support needs 

• Plan and adapt engaging learning experiences that meet individual needs and promote progress 

• Create a safe, inclusive and motivating learning environment 

• Contribute to the wider life of the school and the ongoing development of The Donaldson Trust 

A strong understanding of safeguarding and a demonstrable commitment to working with neurodivergent children and young people are essential. 

Requirements 

• GTCS registration 

• PVG Scheme membership (or willingness to obtain) for regulated work with children and adults 

Please review the full job description available here.

Closing date: Monday 15th June at 9am

Interviews will be held on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th June

To apply, please fill in our application form available here.

If you would like to discuss the role further, have any questions, or would like any assistance with your application, please contact us on people@donaldsons.org.uk and we would be happy to help.

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The Donaldson Trust is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably  qualified  and  eligible  candidates  regardless  of  sex,  race,  disability,  age,  sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.