Teaching Personnel
Teaching Assistant – Behaviour & Alternative Provision Schools
Do you thrive in challenging environments?
Are you confident, resilient, and great at building rapport with young people?
We’re recruiting Teaching Assistants to work in behaviour and alternative provision schools, supporting pupils who need strong role models, consistency, and positive guidance to succeed.
This role is ideal for people with experience in:
- Youth work
- Sports coaching
- Prison or probation services
- Security or custodial roles
- Care or support work
- Military or emergency services
If you’re used to managing behaviour, setting boundaries, and staying calm under pressure – your skills are highly transferable to education.
The Role
As a Teaching Assistant in a behaviour-focused setting, you will:
- Support pupils with social, emotional, and behavioural needs
- Help manage and de-escalate challenging behaviour
- Build positive, trusting relationships with students
- Work closely with teachers and support staff in a structured environment
- Act as a positive role model, promoting respect and resilience
- Support with learning and engagement
No two days are the same – this is a hands-on, rewarding role where your presence genuinely makes a difference.
Students in these schools require consistency so it is important you are available full time position, working Monday – Friday, term time only.
What We’re Looking For
- Confidence and strong communication skills
- Experience working with challenging behaviour (professional or voluntary)
- Resilience, patience, and emotional intelligence
- A proactive, calm approach to conflict and behaviour management
- A genuine desire to support young people
What You’ll Get
- Competitive daily or weekly pay
- Ongoing training and development
- A supportive team and clear structure
- Long-term and temp-to-perm opportunities
- The chance to positively impact young lives every day
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.
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