Teaching sick leave. Can I still work supply if signed off from part time teaching job?

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Snowdrop32 · 09/12/2023 17:21

I'm am really stressed by my job and it is making me ill. I work part time and pick up supply on my non contracted days. This work does not stress me. If I get signed off from my permanent post can I still do supply? Does anyone know?

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NeedToChangeName · 10/12/2023 06:40

I'd be astonished if this were possible

Too ill to teach, but yet well enough to teach

MrsMurphyIWish · 10/12/2023 07:40

As another poster said, a sick note covers a period of time. I had time off from teaching post operation and the dates were set from X to X. It doesn’t matter that you’re part time. A sick note states you are not to fit work from x date to x date.

youveturnedupwelldone · 10/12/2023 08:44

You can be fit to do one job and not another actually, but it would be very hard to justify that you're fit to teach in one situation but not another because you're doing the same job in both employments.

Oblomov23 · 10/12/2023 08:57

No. This is just not ok.

Topofthemountain · 10/12/2023 09:11

OP please speak to your union, or at least ACAS. Don't take advice from MN.

BusyMum47 · 10/12/2023 09:47

WhichIsItWendy · 09/12/2023 18:07

Are the stresses in your permanent job long term stresses? If so, then why are you off sick rather than resigning?

It's a bit unclear to be honest. You work part time supply and enjoy that, so why don't you increase those hours? I've had jobs I don't enjoy before and in those cases, I leave.

To be honest with you, it doesn't sound like you're actually ill given you'd like to keep working in a different job. It just sounds like you aren't enjoying your permanent job. So yes, I think YABU being off sick and thinking of working elsewhere.

I also think it would be a stackable offense if they found out.

100% this!⬆️ It's fraud. Simple. Can't believe you had to ask.

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