Cover Supervisor

Cover Supervisor

If you are thinking of becoming a teacher or are considering working with children and want some classroom experience, then working as a Cover Supervisor is an excellent opportunity. Here at Teaching Personnel we have the ability to offer flexibility and control over your work life. Prior experience or teaching qualifications are not always required for this role, but previous work with young people in an educational setting is a definite advantage. The great thing about cover is that all the work is prepared by the school, no responsibility to plan lessons or mark work.

Day-to-day duties for a Cover Supervisor include:

• Supervising pupils, ensuring they are engaged in the classwork.
• Establishing trust with pupils, interacting with them according to individual needs.
• Assisting pupils with tasks as needed.
• Creating a safe, positive, supportive classroom environment.
• Promoting good behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policies, encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their behaviour.
• Collecting completed work and returning it to the teacher.

Ideally you will have:

• Basic understanding of the national Key Stage Curriculum.
• Knowledge of child development and learning.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to cover a wide range of lessons.
• Confidence to manage a class of mixed ability pupils.
• Ability to keep students focused and on task.

This opportunity is available throughout a range of schools based within Southampton Secondary schools. Submit your CV today and one of our trusted consultants will get back to you as soon as possible.

Please note that the main requirement for this role is to hold or obtain an Enhanced Child Workforce DBS as well as have the right to work within the UK.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject toa Disclosure & Barring Service and other safer recruitment in education checks.

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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