Teaching Assistant

Teaching Personnel is working with a school in Manchester that works with students who have a statement of special educational needs or an EHCP. They are currently looking for teaching assistants to take on full-time positions and possibly move into permanent positions. The students within the school are aged 11-18 and work with a number of experienced staff to gain valuable skills and qualifications through a personalised curriculum.

Your role within the school will be to support students within lessons with work that they may be completing. You will also work with other staff to promote productive behaviour and help students to stay focused when in class.

For this role you should:

• Have previous experience working with young people with additional needs
• Have previous experience working in a school
• Be comfortable and confident around possibly challenging behaviour
• Be available full-time

The school is located next to stops with regular public transport links. It is also easily accessible by car. The role will be full-time, and you will be expected to work the full hours within the school which will be 8:30 – 16:00.

If you are interested in taking on one of these roles, please apply with an up to date CV highlighting relevant experience.

All applicants must have a permanent residence and right to work in the UK. If you are currently based in another country, please do not apply for these roles as we will not be able to process your application.

Any applicants that have been out of the UK for more than 6 months over the past 5 years will be asked to provide an overseas criminal clearance check. If you do not already have one of these, please apply for this before applying to this role.

When applying through Teaching Personnel, an enhanced DBS on the update service is a required document. If you do not have one already, you will be asked to apply for one through Teaching Personnel before you are able to start in a position.

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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