Teaching Assistant

Salary: £26,000 – £27,456 per year

Teaching Assistant
Mile End / Tower Hamlets
£26,000 – £27,456 per year PAYE

Smart Teachers are currently recruiting for a Teaching Assistant to support new joiners withing the EYFS.

The role:

• Supporting children that will be starting in the school Nursery for the first time
• Provide sympathy, display patience, and an overall awareness of the children’s potentially highly emotive state
• Work alongside other staff in the EYFS to ensure all children gain an equal access to the curriculum
• Full time, 0830-1600. The position will initially run from the 3rd January 2023 until the 10th February 2023. This may extend beyond this date

The school:

• A small and personable Primary school in a desirable part of Tower Hamlets
• Easily accessible from Mile End or Bethnal Green tube stations, or the local bus network
• The EYFS is free flow in stature between Nursery and Reception
• Clever and effective use of space, with a rooftop, secure playing area

Smart Teachers are committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service. We are a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality Primary, Secondary and SEND Teaching and Support Staff. 

What Smart Teachers can offer:
As a valued employee, you will receive: 

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. 
• Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria). 
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period). 
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to. 
• FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
• Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme. 
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support. 

How to apply:
If you’re a Teaching Assistant who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and would like the challenge of working in a demanding and rewarding environment, then we want to hear from you. 

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure we are fully compliant with Government guidance relating to social distancing, interviews with shortlisted candidates will take place by video call.

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