Teaching Personnel are currently looking to recruit Support Assistants to work in a Multi Academy Trust within Devon.
Your role will entail you to work on a 1:1 basis with children engaging them socially whilst maintaining a strong relationship and encouraging their academic development. Your responsibilities will involve working both inside and outside the classroom, and you may accompany students off-site (a full, clean driving license is mandatory). You will be working closely with the children, parents and other professionals, observing the child’s development and offering new initiatives that inspire them to progress further.
To be successful for this role, you must have a qualification of Level 3 or higher that relates to children. For example:
- Health & Social Care
- Childcare
- Sports Coaching
- Supporting Learning and education
- Others will be considered
The ideal candidate will also have previous experience in either the following sectors or another relevant role:
- Youth Work
- Support Work
- Psychology
Due to the high demand for Teaching Assistants, Teaching Personnel will offer you a two week paid induction. Here you will undergo all the training that you need for this role. This comprehensive program ensures familiarity with the school's ethos and vision, ensuring you start off with all you need throughout. During this training you will partake in Safeguarding Training and the schools equivalent to TeamTeach.
At Teaching Personnel, we prioritize safe recruitment practices, requiring references from your two most recent employers and a Child Workforce DBS on the Update Service (either upon registration or throughout the process).
If this role is of interest to you please apply below and one of our consultants will be in touch shortly.
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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