Join our PRU Team at Tradewind in Manchester!
Are you a natural when engaging and motivating teenagers?
Are you patient, empathetic and resilient?
Do you want to help young people from vulnerable backgrounds turn their lives around?
If so, then we need you!
I am currently recruiting for a confident secondary PRU Teaching Assistant to start ASAP on a full time & long term basis at secondary school in the Manchester area for children aged 11-16 with Social, Emotional or Mental Health needs (SEMH).
The finer details:
- Monday to Friday 8:30am-3:30pm.
- Pay up to £100/day DOE, for the first 12 weeks.
- Equal pay to perm staff from 13th week onwards.
- Paid PAYE via Tradewind, we don't use third party umbrella pay companies!
- Could go perm eventually for the right person.
Role & responsibilities:
- SEMH Teaching Assistants will need to combine learning support with behaviour management. They will aid the class teacher in managing classroom behaviour so that teaching and learning progress can be made.
- The role is varied as no two days are the same. They have shorter lessons and small groups. They use a varied curriculum utilising many vocational subjects to engage students in areas that they are most interested in.
- Students will often need additional support to access the curriculum, and this requires a strong amount of patience and understanding.
- Fantastic range of rooms and facilities to help provide a holistic approach and varied learning.
- Support with numeracy and literacy which is embedded into each lesson.
- Promote a safe, inclusive, collaborative and positive working environment.
- Work collaboratively with other members of the team including other teaching assistants and teachers, senior leaders, heads of departments, parents and carers, social workers and other members of the child's multidisciplinary team.
Benefits of working through Tradewind:
- Top rates of pay paid PAYE via Tradewind, we don't use Umbrella pay companies.
- More FREE online CPD courses than any other agency as a result of our exclusive partnership with The National College who also support over 45,000 education settings nationwide.
- A generous referral scheme - recommend a friend and earn a reward.
- Full interview preparation and assistance - so you're fully prepped and confident, increasing your chances of success.
- A straightforward Online Portal for your timesheets and for logging your availability.
- Free social and networking events to get to know your peers and consultants.
To join us and be successful in this secondary PRU Teaching Assistant role in the Manchester area, you will need to:
- Have an enhanced DBS certificate that is on the Update Service (or be happy to pay for a new one).
- Minimum of two professional references checks.
- Provide a CV with full education & work.
- Have the legal right to work in the UK.
- Some experience supporting children with special needs.
- Overseas Police Clearances (if applicable).
To apply for this Manchester based Secondary PRU Teaching Assistant role & register with Tradewind please call Graham in the Manchester office on , email or click APPLY above.
A bit more about Tradewind
- As a Sunday Times Top 100 employer, we're committed to putting candidates & staff first
- We employ the best in the business to provide an exceptional service to our temp staff
- Top rates of pay (all rates are typically inclusive of holiday pay, however we will happily accrue this upon request)
- More free CPD courses than any other education agency via our exclusive partnership with The National College
- Awarded REC Audited Education Gold Standard status and we're proudly an Equal Opportunities Employer
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