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Cover Supervisor - Waltham Forest Schools

Philosophy Education

Greater London

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Part time

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Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Cover Supervisor for secondary schools in Greater London. The role involves covering classes and ensuring students engage in their work when teachers are absent. No formal qualifications are required, but experience with young people aged 11-18 is essential. This position offers flexible work options and the potential for short-term contracts or full-time work.

Qualifications

  • Experience with 11-18 year olds required.
  • Enhanced DBS certificate needed.
  • Professional attitude towards young people.

Responsibilities

  • Cover classes for teachers.
  • Ensure students are engaged with tasks.
  • Support in maintaining classroom discipline.

Skills

Experience working with young people aged 11-18
Positive and professional approach
Job description
  • Cover Supervisor
  • Short-time/Long-term contracts and supply work
  • Secondary Schools
  • Waltham Forest
  • £90.00 - £110.00 per day

Do you enjoy working with young people aged 11 – 18? Have you considered working in Secondary Schools as a Cover Supervisor?

We are working with a range of Secondary Schools across London who are looking for confident, professional and dedicated people to work as Cover Supervisors in their schools to provide short-term and daily cover for teachers.

The Role

As a Cover Supervisor you will work in secondary schools covering classes and ensuring students are working on tasks whilst teachers are absent or engaged in other activities and meetings. This is a key role within secondary schools and almost every secondary school will engage cover supervisors to allow teachers.

This is great opportunity to work on flexible basis and gain experience within secondary schools.

Cover Supervisors are required for the full school day - 8.30am to 3.45pm (approx.)

Flexible work options

Most Cover Supervisors begin work on a short-term/supply basis. This is ideal if you just want to work a few days in local schools, or want to build experience within the secondary school sector. For more experienced Cover Supervisors, we have full-time contracts available.

What do I need to be a Cover Supervisor?

You do not need any formal qualifications to be a Cover Supervisor, but we do require you to have had some experience working with 11 – 18-year-olds.

Cover Supervisor work is ideal for:

  • Graduates who are considering becoming Secondary school teachers
  • Youth workers
  • Summer camp leaders
  • Sports coaches for 11 – 18 yrs
  • People who have experience supporting young offenders

You will need an Enhanced DBS certificate to work with children and 2 references covering the past two years. If you haven\'t got a DBS, we can help you apply for one from the UK Disclosure and barring service.

Most importantly you need a confident, positive and professional approach to working with young people.

If you’re interested in working as a Cover Supervisor in Secondary Schools, then please apply now with an up-to-date CV and one of our team will be in touch.

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Philosophy Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.

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