Cover Supervisor- Teachers & Aspiring- Weston-s-Mare

Protocol Education Ltd; Weston-super-Mare; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading educational recruitment agency is seeking Cover Supervisors in Weston-super-Mare. Ideal candidates are flexible, enthusiastic individuals with backgrounds in youth work or mentoring. The position offers competitive pay, a chance to build relationships with schools, and opportunities for training in educational roles. This role is a great stepping stone for future teaching careers.

Benefits

Weekly pay through PAYE

FREE training opportunities

Flexible bookings with local schools

Qualifications

• Experience in youth work or coaching is beneficial.
• No teaching degree required but is a bonus.
• Positive and encouraging nature needed.

Responsibilities

• Step into lessons and manage student engagement.
• Deliver pre-set work without planning.
• Build relationships with students.

Skills

Communication skills

Reliability

Leadership

Flexibility

Empathy

Job description

Overview

Cover Supervisor (Qualified and Unqualified) - Weston-super-Mare

Pay: £95–£155 per day (depending on experience and qualification)

Contract: Day-to-day and long term available

Start Date: As soon as you’re ready

Protocol Education is recruiting Cover Supervisors in and around Weston-super-Mare. For qualified teachers, this is an excellent way to earn while you gain experience and network, creating connections that can springboard into a permanent career. However, you do not need to be a qualified teacher; if you have done youth work, mentoring, or been in a role involving leadership or guidance, then you have the transferable skills needed for the role. We offer roles in convenient locations near you that are flexible to your availability, whether you want to work 2 days or 5. You’ll get the freedom to choose your days, the chance to build positive relationships with different schools, and competitive pay every week. Long-term opportunities are also available if you want consistency and routine.

Protocol Education are looking for reliable, enthusiastic teachers to jump into our Weston schools when they need you, either for day-to-day or for long-term placement. Whether you're a qualified teacher exploring your options, a teaching assistant ready for the next step, someone with solid youth work or coaching experience, or a teacher looking for flexibility - you've got what it takes to make an impact in a secondary school.

What you'll be doing:

• Stepping into lessons across a range of subjects (no lesson planning required)
• Delivering pre-set work and keeping students engaged
• Managing behaviour in a calm, confident way, communicating with warmth and consistency
• Building quick rapport with students, keeping relationships encouraging, professional and productive

Experience that works well in this role:

• Sports coaching or youth work – if you can manage a football team, you can manage a class
• Teaching Assistant or Learning Mentor experience – already familiar with the school atmosphere? Even better
• Delivering presentations to large groups, particularly of children/teens
• Drama, tutoring, Scouts/Guides leadership – anything that involves leading, guiding, and keeping young minds focused

What we’re looking for:

• A confident communicator who can lead a room
• Someone with a warm, encouraging, positive nature
• Flexible and reliable, eager to support the schools in your area when they need you
• Good sense of humour and a calm approach to challenges
• Degree not essential, but it’s a bonus

Thinking about teaching in the future?

This role is a brilliant springboard into teacher training, and we’ll be with you every step of the way. Want to boost your classroom creds? We can offer FREE training on the role of a Cover Supervisor. As well as this, we offer FREE Thrive training, which gives you tools to support students’ emotional wellbeing - a huge plus in today’s schools and a major tick on any CV.

Why join Protocol Education?

• Weekly pay through PAYE – no hidden umbrella deductions
• FREE Thrive training + CPD Academy access
• Personalised support from a dedicated consultant
• Flexible bookings with local schools that fit your schedule
• Referral scheme – recommend a mate, get rewarded
• Educator meet ups - pizza parties!

We’ve got secondary schools across South Bristol and Somerset - and many concentrated in Weston-super-Mare - ready to welcome brilliant Cover Supervisors. Whether you want to work two days or five, we’ll match you with schools that suit you.

Apply today and let’s get you started!

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education; this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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