About the Role: Location – Blackburn Pay - £77 - £85 per day Hours – Full time (8:30am – 3:15pm) Start Date – 24 th February 2025 End Date – July 2025 Do you have experience working as a Teaching Assistant or are you looking to start a new career within the childcare sector? Teaching Personnel would love to hear from you Teaching Personnel are currently seeking to recruit a reliable and proactive Teaching Assistant to work in a Primary School in the Blackburn area. The position will be full-time, working alongside a year 3 class, and working on a 1:1 basis with a child. The ideal candidate will be confident working with children of varied needs and abilities and general classroom support will be required. Good behaviour management will be required, as well as maintaining the positive school environment and working collaboratively with the other teaching assistants and teachers in the class. The ability to adapt in the classroom and provide support to suit the child’s individual needs will be required. Main Duties: Providing general classroom support for the teacher and supporting all class children. Working on a 1:1 basis supporting a child with additional learning needs. Being confident completing intervention work on an individual basis or within small groups. Ability to build professional relationships with children, staff, and parents in the school. About the School: The school are looking for an experienced Teaching Assistant to join their friendly team who will bring a positive attitude to the class. You will receive continuous support and feedback, and the school will always be open to hearing new ideas and feedback. The ideal candidate will need to be enthusiastic and reliable, whilst wanting to provide a positive and safe learning environment for the children. What Teaching Personnel can offer you: A personal consultant who is an expert in the East Lancashire area and who will be on hand to guide you throughout the onboarding process. Receive feedback from schools you attend to keep up to date on your progress. We offer a range of free/discounted courses on our website if you wish to improve your knowledge. Along with a referral scheme with a £50 bonus if you refer a teacher/teaching assistant to us 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. Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website.