Trainee Cover Supervisor

Role: Trainee Cover Supervisor
Location: Gravesend
Salary: £440 - £600 per week

Are you passionate about making a difference in education? Are you a recent graduate or a teaching assistant looking to take the next step in your career? We have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Cover Supervisor to join our team and contribute to the success of Primary and SEN Schools in Gravesend and the surrounding areas.

As a Trainee Cover Supervisor, you will be responsible for leading lessons of approximately 30 pupils in the absence of the class teacher. The lesson will always be planned, and this will be provided in advance. It is your role as the Cover Supervisor to facilitate the class's learning, manage classroom behaviour, record accurate registers, and provide a handover to the absent teacher. Successful trainee Cover Supervisors are adaptable, flexible, motivated, confident, and organised; they have a passion for education and supporting young people.

You will have the opportunity to work in a number of schools across Bexley, Dartford, and Gravesend.

Requirements
To be considered for the position of Cover Supervisor, you will:

• Have a willingness to learn.
• A passion for the progress of all pupils, regardless of background or ability.
• Be a natural leader and someone with the confidence to lead a lesson in the absence of the class teacher.
• Hold, or be prepared to undergo an Enhanced DBS, registered to the Update Service.

Vision for Education is 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.

Minimum Requirements
The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are:

• Have relevant experience of working with children, young people, or vulnerable adults.

What Vision for Education offers

As a valued employee of Vision for Education, 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 training, 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.

Vision for Education does not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability, or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

How to apply

Apply via this website with an up-to-date CV and contact details. For more information, or an informal chat about the role, please call the Kent team on (phone number removed).