At a Glance
- Tasks: Support school-aged pupils with additional needs in a caring environment.
- Company: Vision for Education, a leading education recruitment agency.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rates, guaranteed pay scheme, and free professional development training.
- Other info: Consistent hours, term-time only, and opportunities for career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of young people while enjoying a great work-life balance.
- Qualifications: Experience working with children or young people in a care or educational setting.
The predicted salary is between 24000 - 28392 £ per year.
Care Worker (School Setting) in Leeds. Full Time and Part Time Available Between Monday - Friday. £93 - £110 Per Day. Flexible Start Dates.
Requirements:
- Previous experience of working with children or young people; ideally within a school, nursery, childcare, youth work, play or care setting within the last 4 years.
- Valid references from these roles.
- Hold, or be prepared to undergo an Enhanced DBS, registered to the Update Service.
Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are recent experience obtained within the last 4 years, of working with children or young people, ideally within a school, nursery, childcare, youth work, play or care setting.
If you've worked in care, support work, in residential settings, supported living, or community support, you already have the skills to be a SEN Teaching Assistant without even knowing!
This role has consistent hours (8.30am-3.30pm), no night shifts, and term-time ONLY working. We're supporting a specialist school based in Leeds who are looking for people experienced in supporting vulnerable individuals aged 3-19 years old.
The Role: The role requires you to work with school-aged pupils who have been identified as having additional needs. These needs range from Autism, PMLD, Personal Care, Complex needs, Mobility, SEMH and MLD.
The School: This SEND school is based in the Leeds area and is easily accessible via public transport. There is also ample car parking. We are continually seeking quality caring staff members, who with additional experience and training may eventually become full time or even supply support staff members.
Vision for Education: Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.
What Vision for Education Offer:
- Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
- Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
- Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
- Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers' Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
- FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection update.
Term-Time SEN Teaching Assistant — School-Based Care in Leeds employer: Vision for Education Ltd
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