Graduate Teaching Assistant Expiring soon

Are you a recent graduate or about to graduate?

Teaching Personnel are currently looking for graduates to take on teaching assistant roles in specialist secondary schools in Manchester full-time. 

The schools work with students with SEN and SEMH needs, where students will need additional support to ensure they are progressing at a steady rate. You will be involved with supporting teachers to monitor behaviour, ensure lessons go ahead as planned, and providing individualised support for the students that you will build a relationship with.

Within these roles you will:

-          Creating a happy and safe learning environment for each student to thrive within

-          Helping students to focus on their work and progress at a good rate

-          Provide feedback to teachers, other support staff and parents to create a cohesive team of staff within the school

-          Work closely with students on EHCPs to ensure the terms of these plans are being met

-          Understand and de-escalate different challenging behaviours

-          Take part in different training sessions within the school to ensure that you are consistently learning and improving how you work

For these roles you should:

-          Be able to work with secondary aged children who have additional needs

-          Have some experience working with children

-          Have a degree or be graduating this year

-          Be available full-time

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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