Job Title: Teaching Assistant
Job Type: Learning Support
Job Phase: Primary
Actual Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience.
Contract Type: temporary
Contract Term: 22/23 academic year
Location: Crosby
Start Date: ASAP
Benefits:
Competitive rates of pay paid weekly, which are fully compliant under the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR, 2011)
Caring & dedicated co-workers
The opportunity to work in a school committed to offering CPD to its staff
Access to a free CPD course and Safeguarding Training from Randstad
A relatively central location
An opportunity to work with children with additional needs in a mainstream primary school
A dedicated, professional and friendly consultant and a branch with 24-hour on-call facilities
A competitive 'Recommend a friend' bonus worth up to £300
Responsibilities
The demand for teaching assistants is always high, you will be expected to support the learning within the classroom. This will be across a range of subjects. You will also work closely with class teachers to ensure any intervention sessions delivered have the desired impact.
- An understanding of (or willingness to gain an understanding of) the National Curriculum/Development Matters Framework
- Be responsible for the teaching of interventions and pastoral arrangements as appropriate
- Be accountable for the attainment, progress and outcomes of pupils' you work with
- Be aware of pupils' capabilities, their prior knowledge
- Have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs; gifted and talented; EAL; disabilities; and be able to use and evaluate distinctive approaches to engage and support them
- Demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy including the correct use of spoken English
- If teaching early reading, demonstrate a clear understanding of appropriate teaching strategies e.g. systematic synthetic phonics
Requirements:
Have a flexible, can-do approach
Ensure your CV covers the last 10 years of employment history where possible (all employment breaks must be explained)
Be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and full referencing process
Provide professional references to cover you for at least 12 months within the last 2 years
Have legal right to work in the UK
About Us:
Randstad Education is the UK market leader for recruitment within education. We have been helping teachers and support staff to find temporary and permanent roles in schools, colleges and nurseries for nearly twenty years. Working with over 2500 schools each week, our staff support over 135,000 children every day across the country, so we can find the right match for your skills. The Liverpool branch is one of the most well established and busiest in the country and has a dedicated team of consultants working across primary, secondary and SEN. We now also have a dedicated section looking after school support roles such as catering, technicians, administration and finance.
What Next?
If you think you would be right for this role, please apply now with an up to date, child-based CV to Andrew Hare on the Primary Education team, please submit your details to (url removed) and I will be in touch shortly.
All candidates will be subject to Randstad Education's child protection and UK eligibility checks, including enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and full referencing process, and the cost of any new police check (DBS) required will be met by the candidate.
To discuss this role in more detail, please contact Andrew Hare in the Liverpool branch, via email at (url removed) or telephone (phone number removed).
Alternatively, if you would like to be considered for a role with Randstad, but this one is not quite right for you, please submit your details to (url removed) to be considered for other placements.