SEND Teaching Assistant

Monarch Education; Portishead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Monarch Education is partnering with a large multi-academy trust in Portishead to recruit SEND Support Services staff for both full-time and part-time roles. This is an opportunity to engage with SEND students in primary and secondary settings, offering competitive daily wages and various benefits, including signing bonuses and training opportunities.

Benefits

£300 sign on bonus for any supply teachers

£200 for referral of Teachers and £100 for Teaching Assistants

Guaranteed work scheme

Refund of Monarch DBS costs after 12 days of work

Free safeguarding training

Training workshops and CPD courses

Dedicated consultant support

Qualifications

• Proven experience working with SEND students, primary or secondary aged students.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Willingness to obtain an Enhanced Child Workforce DBS certificate.

Responsibilities

• Engage effectively with students, staff, and parents.
• Support SEND students in an educational setting.
• Participate in training workshops and CPD courses.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Problem Solving

Education

Recent psychology graduate or relevant background

Tools

Enhanced Child Workforce DBS certificate

Job description

Monarch Education are partnering with a large multi-academy trust in the Portishead area who will be using our services from September 2025. These schools are a mixture of primary, secondary and SEND specialist schools.

With this in mind, we are looking to recruit SEND Support Services for full-time and part-time roles which we are currently receiving bookings for - but will receive significantly more in September.

If you are looking for day-to-day work the trust is keen to create their own talent pool of day-to-day staff- if you would like to be part of this please read the information below and give us a call to register your interest.

The trust we will be working with has a large number of schools within quite a close proximity within the following postcodes:

-BS20

-BS21

-BS48

What are the benefits of working for Monarch Education?

• £300 sign on bonus for any supply teachers joining us from another agency
• £200 for any successful referral of Teachers and £100 for Teaching Assistants!
• Guaranteed work scheme
• Refund of Monarch DBS costs after 12 days of work
• Competitive daily wage, based on your experience
• Dedicated consultant allocated to support you with any questions or concerns
• Support in writing CV's and job applications
• Fast, effective compliance service
• You will receive free, up to date safeguarding training
• Training workshops and CPD courses to provide professional development

Candidate Requirements:

• Proven experience working with SEND students, primary or secondary aged students or relevant background e.g. recent psychology graduate, experience working in a care environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to engage effectively with students, staff, and parents.
• Valid Enhanced Child Workforce DBS certificate (on the update service) or willingness to obtain one.

How do I register?

Email your CV to DL-Monarch- and one of our dedicated consultants will be in touch with you regarding your application, or call the Monarch Bristol office on 0117 9382100

If you're still unsure about registering with us, why not check out what some of our current candidates have to say about working for us?