Teaching Assistant

Job Title: Teaching Assistant Pay: £83.85 per day Location: Caerphilly Start Date: September 2024 Hours: Monday to Friday (08:30 – 15:30 – term time only – 37.5 hours per week) Teaching Personnel are working in partnership with a large primary school in Caerphilly to appoint 2x Teaching Assistants to join them in the new academic year. For both roles we’re looking for an educator who is passionate, flexible, and enthusiastic. We’re looking for one educator to support within Foundation Phase (supporting children aged 3-7 years) and the other to support within Key Stage 2 (supporting children aged 7-11 years). Duties will include: Working across the full phase of classes (Foundation Phase will include nursery to Year 2 & Key Stage 2 will include Year 3 to Year 6) Support the class teacher in delivering pre-planned activities Helping the class teacher with setting up areas of learning within the classroom Building positive relationships with all pupils within the class and support any pupil that may need 1:1 support during the day Assist other TA’s with break and lunchtime supervisions Supporting the class teacher with behaviour management across the classroom Assist the class teacher with any admin jobs throughout the classroom – photocopying, laminating, preparing display boards etc Collaborate with the class teacher on the development areas of the pupils Essential Requirements: Enhanced Child Only DBS Certificate registered on the Update Service Registration with the Education Workforce Council 2 Professional based references which are in line with our reference policy Level 2 Safeguarding Qualification – provided FREE by Teaching Personnel What can you expect working with Teaching Personnel? An experienced and specialist Primary Education consultant who will support you throughout your time at Teaching Personnel Support throughout the vetting process Competitive rates of pay Access to our educator APP where you can access your HR records, school bookings and payslips The opportunity to develop your own skills with our Development Programmes; these include Team Teach Training and many courses to help support children with additional learning needs All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details. All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date. Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website