Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching Personnel are currently looking for psychology graduates to take on teaching assistant roles in specialist secondary schools in Manchester full-time in the new academic year. These roles will specifically use skills and knowledge from within a Psychology degree, and will allow you to increase education based experience.

The schools work with students with SEN and SEMH needs, where students will need additional support to ensure they are progressing at a steady rate. You will be involved with supporting teachers to monitor behaviour, ensure lessons go ahead as planned, and providing individualised support for the students that you will build a relationship with.

For these roles you should:

-          Be able to work with secondary aged children who have additional needs

-          Have some experience working with children

-          Have graduated with a psychology degree or be graduating this year with some modules completed in development or mental health

-          Be available full-time in September

If you are interested in this role and meet the requirements above, please apply with an up-to-date CV that highlights relevant experience and qualifications.

When applying through Teaching Personnel, an enhanced DBS on the update service is a required document. If you do not have one already, you will be asked to apply for one through Teaching Personnel before you are able to start in a position.

Any applicants that have been out of the UK for more than 6 months over the past 5 years will be asked to provide an overseas criminal clearance check. If you do not already have one of these, please apply for this before applying to this role

All applicants must have a permanent residence and right to work in the UK. If you are currently based in another country, please do not apply for these roles as we will not be able to process your application.

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.
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