PRU Education Assistant

PRU Education Assistant

Teaching Personnel are looking to appoint an education assistant to work within one of our Pupil Referral Unit Schools in Plymouth. You will be working closely with the students to engage them in their daily lessons and focusing on being a positive role model. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to gain valuable experience and work alongside an excellent staff team who are committed to the wellbeing of their students.

Previous experience working with children with special educational needs or with behaviour management skills is extremely desirable even if not within a classroom setting.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensuring the children’s needs are met within the classroom
• Keeping the day to day
• Supporting students with their wider development
• Build positive relationships
• Attending school trips and accessing the wider community to assist with the students learning

Requirements:

• Compassion and empathy
• A calm and adaptable personality
• High emotional resilience
• Experience in nursing, mental health work or youth work
• Commitment to the role Monday – Friday

What we can offer you:

• A dedicated Consultant who will support you through the registration process and through bookings
• WEEKLY pay - we process your pay via PAYE - we do not charge you to process your pay
• CPD Academy- free or heavily discounted training courses to support your career progression
• Candidate App- a platform where you can view and amend all your details, you can view new bookings, you can view and amend existing bookings
• Refer a friend! - get £50 for every person you refer

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.

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.
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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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