Graduate Teaching Assistant

senploy; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational recruitment agency is seeking Graduate Teaching Assistants in the United Kingdom to provide support in schools. Responsibilities include working with pupils with various needs and collaborating with teaching teams. Candidates should be patient and effective communicators, with opportunities for training and skill development in the education sector. The role offers competitive pay and consistent weekday hours.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Consistent weekday hours

Ongoing training and support

Satisfaction of making a difference

Qualifications

• Graduates who are patient, kind and caring.
• Ability to engage well with pupils and staff.
• Take time to understand each pupil’s needs.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils with social and emotional needs.
• Collaborate with teaching teams to deliver education plans.
• Create a safe and nurturing environment.

Skills

Patience

Communication skills

Reliability

Job description

We are currently looking to recruit a Graduate Teaching Assistants across Cumbria to start working for us in schools ASAP. If you are considering a career in working with young people or in the Education sector, then working as a SEND Teaching Assistant is a great way to see the classroom and understand how a career with young people can develop.

What we look for

• Graduates who are patient, kind and caring
• Great communicators to be able to engage well with pupils and the staffing team
• Graduates who are reliable and have a consistent approach
• Take time to understand each pupil’s needs.
• Someone who can offer a safe and nurturing approach to education

The role

• You will be working in a classroom and with pupils that most suits your skill set. We will assess this at interview stage.
• You could be supporting pupils with Social, emotional and mental health needs, Autism, or physical disabilities.
• You will be required to work closely with the Teaching team to deliver specialist education plans for pupils with EHCPs.
• There could be the opportunity to work with other educational specialists such as Speech and Language therapists, educational psychologists, Art therapists to name a few.
• You will be expected to create a safe and nurturing environment for pupils to achieve their best.

Sense Education can provide you with exposure to different school types and classrooms to broaden your experience, we are supportive and offer initial training for the role.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Consistent weekday hours with no evenings or weekends
• The chance to develop skills valued across education, psychology, and care sectors
• Ongoing training and support from an experienced SEND team
• The satisfaction of making a visible difference every day

Safeguarding children is an integral part of what we do and we have a stringent safer recruitment process. We undertake checks on all the candidates we work with. As such we require a current Enhanced DBS Disclosure for everyone working in Schools. If you do not have a subscription to the DBS Update Service, you may be required to complete a new DBS application as part of the registration process. If you take a temporary role with Sense Education you will be paid on a weekly basis.