Trainee Teaching Assistant

Trainee Teaching Assistant

TS5 Middlesbrough Area

Start date May 25 - ongoing

£444 a day

Are you looking to start a career in Education?

Are you passionate about supporting children?

Do you want a rewarding career where you can be instrumental in making a difference to children's lives?

Have you got experience within the Health and Social/Care Sector or have a TA qualification but no school experience?

Become a Trainee Teaching Assistant! No previous experience or qualifications necessary, just a love for helping others!

Vision For Education is excited to provide this bespoke and incredible opportunity to support passionate people with getting into the education sector.

We work alongside our client schools to provide successful Trainee Teaching Assistants with high quality training and paid on the job experience.

Following a successful interview and pending suitability, safeguarding and identity checks, we will work to secure you a paid placement in a school within the Middlesbrough area and surrounding to further develop your skills. We will help you to develop your identity as an educator and help you to choose your specialist area from EYFS, KS1, KS2.

Prior to starting your placement, you will be required to complete a comprehensive training programme delivered by Vision for Education and school leaders, which will give you the essential skills you need to work as a Teaching Assistant.

Responsibilities:
Teaching Assistants are instrumental in ensuring the smooth running of any school. The most effective Teaching Assistants have excellent communication skills and have an interest and passion in supporting the day-to-day needs of all children.

They are also able to build relationships with both staff, children, and their families.

The role of a teaching assistant varies from each school. You may be working to support the teacher in whole class teaching, running small group interventions to support children, or working on a 1:1 basis to ensure the needs of all children are met and that they can thrive.

We would love to hear from you if the following applies to you:

1. Have a passion for supporting and helping children
2. Be dedicated to improving outcomes for all children
3. Be kind, caring, and compassionate
4. Be proactive and a good communicator
5. Be able to work collaboratively in a team
6. Be committed to completing the required training and participating in ongoing CPD.
7. Be willing to pay for an enhanced DBS check and register with the Update Service.

How to Apply:
We are keen to speak to those looking to become a Teaching Assistant, as a part of our trainee teaching assistant scheme. If you are someone that is passionate about supporting children, are highly motivated, and able to work collaboratively, then please get in touch.

Shortlisting will be taking place ASAP so if you're interested in this role, please either contact me directly by sending across your CV or by applying to this vacancy.

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.

About Vision for Education:
Vision for Education is 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.

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.

What Vision for Education offers:

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

The Edwin Group is a Top 10 UK-employer in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry-leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group.

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