Support Worker

Salary: £26,000 per year

The teaching assistant roles we offer can be regular and both part or full-time on a supply basis in special schools and they involve working with children and young adults with additional needs in special needs schools.

The special needs schools we work with cater for pupils in Primary and Secondary ages and require temporary staff with care and support background to work as Learning support assistants and to enable learning in and outside the classroom. If you have worked within care and now looking to work in special Education settings, please contact us immediately as we have a huge demand from our schools for Teaching assistants with your background. You will be able to choose the days you work and the locations. You will also be able to change days you prefer to work depending on your availability and other commitments.

In these Learning support roles in schools, your primary areas of responsibility will be to:
Support and enable learning with the instructions given by the teacher
Encourage the development of positive attitudes to learning through well-planned and empathetic emotional support
Have a creative and innovative approach to understand and supporting to re-engage disaffected learners in education and overcome barriers to learning.

Most of our schools are going to be local to you and we will offer you training through our experienced recruitment consultants and Ofsted rated CPD sessions.

Tradewind are renowned for offering top rates of pay, more CPD than any other agency, great referral bonus and termly networking & social events.

As a teaching assistant you will be expected:
To provide engaging and empathetic educational support to pupils
To assist the teacher delivering lessons
To have understanding/knowledge of special needs or a keen interest in helping vulnerable pupils
To aid learning and emotional well-being

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