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Teaching Assistants needed for York and surrounding areas - Primary and Secondary

Castle Education attract top education talent because of our exceptional service levels and bespoke approach to recruitment. In return for this we offer competitive rates of pay and specialised Education Consultants who are trained to match you to your ideal job rather than just "A body in a classroom approach" Due to expansion into our York Offices, we are currently working to support primary and secondary schools in York and surrounding areas, who require experienced teaching assistants across all key stages, who are available for supply work, on either a day to day, short-term or long-term supply basis.

Teaching assistants we're looking for are those with either a level 2 or level 3 STLS qualification (or equivalent) and with recent classroom experience within either Primary, Secondary or SEN.

We are keen to talk to any teaching assistants who are reliable, flexible and have recent classroom experience within any key stage.

Key skills required to be a successful Teaching Assistant include:

• Commitment to working with pupils of different backgrounds and different levels of ability
• Enthusiasm for the subjects you teach -
• Flexibility - things can happen unexpectedly in classrooms/schools and you need to be able to cope with the pace
• The ability to support the teacher to manage classes and deal with challenging behaviour
• Patience and understanding
• To be able to use your own initiative
• Good organisational and time-management skills
• Tact and sensitivity
• Minimum Level 2 qualification in STLS (or equivalent)
• Current DBS on the update service (OR willing to gain one through Castle)

 What you need to do now
If you are interested in joining our outstanding pool of supply teachers, please call Melanie Benson on 01723 365432 for a confidential chat or email your up to date CV to melanie.benson@castle-employment.co.uk. We also deal with a number of contract and permanent positions in the area, so if you are considering looking for a new role, please get in touch and we can discuss how we can help with that too.