Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Career Teachers; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment service is seeking a Level 3 Teaching Assistant for a long-term position in a mainstream primary school in Sheffield starting September 2025. Ideal candidates will have a recognised Level 3 qualification or a degree in education, along with strong behaviour management skills. This full-time role offers competitive pay and opportunities for continuous professional development. Join a dedicated team to positively impact children's learning.

Benefits

Competitive rates of pay

Access to CPD opportunities

Support from a dedicated consultant

Refer a friend scheme with incentives

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people required.
• You must be confident in managing challenging behaviours.
• Must have a calm, patient manner and a positive can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Work with the class teacher to cater to pupil needs.
• Build trusting relationships to engage students in learning.
• Ensure a positive environment for students to progress.

Skills

Behaviour management

Calm manner

Positive attitude

Education

Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification

Degree in education

Job description

Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Sheffield

September 2025

Full Time

At Career Teachers we are currently working with a mainstream primary school in Sheffield who require a Teaching Assistants to work on long term, full time from September 2025. We are looking for resilient Level 3 or higher qualified Teaching Assistants with strong behaviour management skills to join our successful team.

Your Requirements:

• Experience working with children and young people
• A recognised teaching assistant qualification such as Level 3 or a degree in education
• Confident in managing challenging behaviours, defusing situations, and making a calm and positive environment for students to progress in
• A calm, patient manner with a positive can-do attitude

Your Role:

• You will be working with the class teacher and other members of support staff to ensure that the pupil receives the care required to cater for their unique needs
• You must be able to build trusting and meaningful relationships and ensure that they are engaged in learning and activities
• This is a full-time role starting this September, we are looking for a committed and passionate teaching assistant who is looking to join a successful team of practitioners and really make a difference

What Career Teachers can offer you:

• Competitive rates of pay for you
• Access to outstanding continual opportunities for CPD and training courses such as Team Teach, Makaton, PECs and behaviour management
• Support from your dedicated consultant and the whole team

A little something extra for you:

We offer a refer a friend scheme with incentives. If you know someone who is looking for a new role please pass on our details and we will thank you with £100 of Love2Shop vouchers for every teacher or teaching assistant who registers and then works 10 days for Career Teachers.

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Contact: Rebecca English

Email:

Phone number: 01142722255

Important Notice: To apply for the above position all applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, or eligible to apply for a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and professionalism is at the heart of what we do. Applicants are required to attend a face to face interview, reference checks and an enhanced DBS disclosure. Career Teachers is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. All our employees are trained in Safer Recruitment as standard. It is Career Teacher's policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.

Career Teachers are proud to operate the Children & Young People Guarantee, if the quality of work undertaken by someone we place has resulted in a negative impact on children's learning within the school, then the client will not be charged.

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