Teaching Assistant

Zest Education; Oldbury; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Zest Education is hiring a supportive teaching assistant to help pupils with SEND thrive in learning within a British curriculum setting. You will assist with a range of needs, adapt activities for sensory engagement, support personal-care routines, and work with teachers and therapy staff to deliver targeted interventions.

This temporary supply role requires patience, empathy, and teamwork, with enhanced DBS checks and references.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting SEND learners.
• Patience, empathy, and flexibility.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Qualifications such as CACHE, NVQ, or TA Level 2/3 are advantageous.
• Temporary supply role.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils with MSI, ASD, PMLD, PD, and SLD through structured, sensory-rich, and communication-focused activities.
• Adapt learning environments to promote sensory engagement, emotional regulation, and independence.
• Assist with personal-care routines and daily independence tasks.
• Work collaboratively with teachers and therapy professionals to deliver targeted interventions.
• Support pupils during therapy programmes such as speech and language, physiotherapy, or sensory circuits.
• Contribute to progress tracking, classroom organisation, and IEP reviews.

Skills

SEND support

Patience & empathy

Teamwork

Communication

Education

TA Level 2/3 / CACHE / NVQ

Job description

We are seeking a supportive teaching assistant to help pupils with a range of SEND needs thrive in their learning.

About the Role

• Support pupils with MSI, ASD, PMLD, PD, and SLD through structured, sensory‑rich, and communication‑focused activities.
• Adapt learning environments to promote sensory engagement, emotional regulation, and independence.
• Assist with personal‑care routines and daily independence tasks.
• Work collaboratively with teachers and therapy professionals to deliver targeted interventions.
• Support pupils during therapy programmes such as speech and language, physiotherapy, or sensory circuits.
• Contribute to progress tracking, classroom organisation, and IEP reviews.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience supporting SEND learners.
• Patience, empathy, and flexibility.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Qualifications such as CACHE, NVQ, or TA Level 2/3 are advantageous.
• Commitment to developing as a teaching assistant.

Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.

The role advertised is for temporary supply work.