General Teaching Assistant

Job Title: General Teaching Assistant

Job Phase: Across various Year groups

Actual Salary: 1.0 FTE

Contract Type: permanent

Location: Bootle, Liverpool

Start Date: ASAP

Benefits:

Competitive rates of pay paid weekly, which are fully compliant under the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR, 2011)

Caring & dedicated co-workers

The opportunity to work within a mainstream school and continue your development

Access to a free CPD course and Safeguarding Training from Randstad

A relatively central location

An opportunity to work with children in a private nursery setting

A dedicated, professional and friendly consultant and a branch with 24-hour on-call facilities

A competitive 'Recommend a friend' bonus worth up to £300

Responsibilities

In order to enhance the excellent provision at school we are seeking a Level 3 Teaching Assistant to join our well-established staff. Your task will be to supervise individuals and groups of children under the direction/instruction of teaching and/or senior staff, inclusive of physical and general care and basic classroom management techniques. The role will be to support pupils to access the curriculum working closely with teaching staff to remove any barriers to learning.

Good numeracy, literacy and IT skills are essential. The successful candidate will be skillful in working with young people. Patience, creativity, initiative and desire to learn are essential qualities for this post. The diverse role of the TA requires enthusiasm, commitment, flexibility and ambition for young people.

We are a committed and diverse team who would welcome applications from post-graduates considering teaching as a career, candidates with teaching assistant qualifications or other relevant experience.

Requirements:

Level 1/2/3 CACHE

Knowledge of the National Curriculum (2014) and Development matters framework (2021)

Have a flexible, can-do approach

Ensure your CV covers the last 10 years of employment history where possible (all employment breaks must be explained)

Be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and full referencing process

Provide professional references to cover you for at least 12 months within the last 2 years

Have legal right to work in the UK

About Us:

Randstad Education is the UK market leader for recruitment within education. We have been helping teachers and support staff to find temporary and permanent roles in schools, colleges and nurseries for nearly twenty years. Working with over 2500 schools each week, our staff support over 135,000 children every day across the country, so we can find the right match for your skills. The Liverpool branch is one of the most well established and busiest in the country and has a dedicated team of consultants working across primary, secondary and SEN. We now also have a dedicated section looking after school support roles such as catering, technicians, administration and finance.

What Next?

If you think you would be right for this role, please apply now with an up to date, child-based CV to Andrew Hare on the Primary Education team, please submit your details to and I will be in touch shortly.

All candidates will be subject to Randstad Education's child protection and UK eligibility checks, including enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and full referencing process, and the cost of any new police check (DBS) required will be met by the candidate.

To discuss this role in more detail, please contact Andrew Hare in the Liverpool branch, via email at or telephone .

Alternatively, if you would like to be considered for a role with Randstad, but this one is not quite right for you, please submit your details to to be considered for other placements.