Special Needs Teaching Assistant

Special Needs Teaching Assistant

• September 2020 start - ad hoc supply and long term contracts available...
• £65-£80 per day dependent upon setting and experience
• Wakefield Specialist school settings and provisions
• Monday to Friday 8:30 - 3:30
• Team Teach required (Vision can offer FREE team teach)
• 1:1 support roles
• Supply, temporary work with Vision for Education
• September 2020 start 
• REFER A FRIEND OR COLLEAGUE TO WORK FOR US & YOU’LL BOTH GET REWARDED £125 *

Salary is dependant on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this Special Needs Teaching Assistant position is at least 3 months relevant experience working in a school or care setting in the past few years. Vision need to be able to obtain recent references.

Would you like to transition from Care, Special Needs Work, Youth Work, Support Work, Childcare or other work with Vulnerable Young People into working in schools?

Are you interested in part time or ad hoc work between 8.30am and 3.30pm Monday to Friday? Are shifts no longer a viable way of life for you? But you don’t want to stop helping people or waste all of your training?

Need school holidays off? But still want to use your skills, work routinely, or more flexibly, learn, develop and ideally, move into a contracted position?

No problem - contact Vision's Huddersfield SEND team today...

Vision for Education are a trusted partner of Special Educational Needs Schools, Alternative Provisions, Designated Provisions and PRUs across West Yorkshire. This Special Needs Teaching Assistant role is particularly for the Wakefield region.

The Work for this Special Needs Teaching Assistant role:

We work with SEND Schools in Wakefield as a first port of call for their temporary, permanent and cover needs for Special Needs Teaching Assistant (and many, many other geographical locations too). We can be flexible around candidates, but most vacancies are full time Monday to Friday 8:30 - 3:30 weekly starting from September 2020. We can also off ad hoc supply work if preferred.

We are looking for candidates to join us for this Special Needs Teaching Assistant role who have a background in any of the areas above, and ideally a supporting qualification in Health and Social Care, Early Childhood Studies, Supporting Teaching and Learning, Youth Work, Psychology, Sociology, Mental Health or a related qualification (but not essential). Experience is vital for this Special Needs Teaching Assistant role, as we need to obtain recent professional references.

We will need to be able to obtain at least 2 professional references relating to placements or roles described above in the past few years for this Special Needs Teaching Assistant role.

You can expect a warm, friendly and knowledgeable service, and opportunities to expand your skills and develop your experience in a supportive well managed way.

Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children and young people. 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. We are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff. We have branches across the country, and we are part of the world-renowned education company TES Global.

What Vision for Education offer

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, Autism Awareness and an online Educare training package worth £390.
• Regular social events with 100% complimentary food and drinks.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

How to apply for this Special Needs Teaching Assistant role:

Apply today via this website, or for more information about this role and other opportunities across Vision for Education, please contact our Huddersfield SEND team today.

*They must have worked a total of 30 days for us for the bonus to be received

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.