Job Description
Role: Teaching Assistant
Location: M30 (Salford)
Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday (8:30 AM to 3:00 PM or 4pm)
Pay: £13.69 to £15.87 per hour
Start Date: September 2025
Duration: Long-term with temp-to-perm opportunity
Reeson Education are looking to appoint a committed and confident Teaching Assistant to support a young person with SEMH needs within an alternative provision setting in the M30 area. This Teaching Assistant role is ideal for someone who is compassionate, proactive, and skilled at supporting pupils with emotional regulation and behaviour needs – particularly those with a history of trauma or brain injury.
This Teaching Assistant position will involve both in-school support and some outreach work in the community, so a driving licence and access to a car is essential. The school is part of a wider SEMH provision and provides a therapeutic, person-centred environment for its pupils.
Teaching Assistant – Key Responsibilities:
- Provide 1:1 support for a pupil with SEMH needs as a Teaching Assistant
- Help manage challenging behaviour using calm, restorative, and child-led approaches
- Support daily routines and create structure and consistency for the pupil
- Deliver tailored interventions and work closely with the wider school team
- Liaise with families, staff, and external services as needed in your Teaching Assistant role
- Carry out outreach visits to alternative settings or community spaces to support engagement
- Help track progress, identify needs, and reflect on support strategies as a Teaching Assistant
- Build trust and offer emotional support while maintaining strong professional boundaries
- Promote resilience, confidence, and engagement through consistent and nurturing support
- Be a reliable, adaptable Teaching Assistant across a varied and flexible role
Teaching Assistant – Requirements:
- Prior experience working as a Teaching Assistant, Youth Worker, or Behaviour Mentor
- Proven ability to work with pupils with SEMH, trauma, and regulation difficulties
- Calm, emotionally intelligent, and confident under pressure
- Strong communicator who can work as part of a multi-agency team
- Must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle
- Enhanced DBS on the update service (or willing to apply)
- Available full-time and long-term as a Teaching Assistant
- Passionate about supporting pupils who need a different kind of approach
Why apply for this Teaching Assistant role?
- Unique and meaningful work supporting a pupil 1:1 in a tailored setting
- A varied and rewarding Teaching Assistant role with a strong, supportive team
- Real opportunity for a temp-to-perm pathway
- Excellent rates: £13.69 to £15.87 per hour
- You’ll never be just a number – join a school and agency that truly value your contribution
If you’re an experienced and resilient Teaching Assistant ready to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now to secure your place as a Teaching Assistant in this specialist setting – or get in touch with Reeson Education for more information.
Reeson Education:
Reeson Education is the England’s Premier Recruitment Agency. Established in 2006 by experienced teachers, education professionals and recruitment specialists, we have built our business and reputation on the cores values of honesty, integrity and excellence.
We care about education and the provision of education and have established an excellent reputation with schools and teachers alike.
At Reeson Education we work closely with a large network of Nurseries, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. Our client base provides us with an abundance of available daily supply, long term and permanent opportunities across all age groups in all areas of London.
Reeson Education is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and adults.
Please note that all daily/hourly rates quoted are inclusive of holiday pay at 12.07%
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