Teaching Assistant

Description:

Teaching Personnel is the largest education agency operating across England and Wales. We are working closely with several Primary schools across Bristol and are looking for multiple Teaching Assistants with various backgrounds such as: youth work, support work and those who have worked in mainstream, alternative provisions and SEN settings, as examples. 

As a SEN teaching assistant you will assist children’s academic, social and emotional development. You will follow direction from the class teacher and work collaboratively with other learning professionals.

You can expect the following:

Weekly pay
Working hours 08:30am – 15:30pm, Monday – Friday, term time only
Purpose built facilities including sensory rooms and circuits, gardens, hydrotherapy, forest school, and soft play areas
Support children with autism, ADHD, Down syndrome, global delay, physical disabilities or medical conditions, mental health difficulties, behavioural difficulties
Ofsted rated ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ schools to work in
Opportunity to work across different schools (daily supply) or to secure a regular position within the same school
Excellent communication with your consultant at Teaching Personnel
Pension scheme available
PAYE pay, no umbrella companies
IMMEDIATE WORK AVAILABLE
Having some or all of the following would be beneficial in applying:

Experience from working in primary schools
Experience working in health and social care, nursing, residential support
Training in any of the following: safeguarding, child protection, PECs, Makaton, Team Teach, multisensory impairment, moving and handling, administering medication, autism awareness
Education to degree level or an NVQ Level 3 qualification – Psychology, Education Studies, Nursing, Sociology, Health and Social Care, Youth Work or similar
Calm and patient manner
The desire to make a difference to children’s lives
If you want teaching assistant work in Bristol, send your CV to begin the registration process today!

In order to work for Teaching Personnel and clear our vetting process, you must have a Child Workforce DBS subscribed to the Update Service. Full assistance will be provided should you need to apply for a new check, at a standard cost of £38, plus an annual subscription fee of £13 for the Update Service.

If you hold experience working with children or young people and want take the next step in building a career in an exciting and rewarding area of education, please contact Harley on the details below or email your CV and a covering letter. We look forward to hearing from you!

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

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