Teaching Assistant

Join Our Team: Make a Difference in Education!

Are you passionate about transforming the lives of vulnerable young people? We're an innovative education charity and creative school dedicated to supporting London's most at-risk young people. Through our holistic approach, we empower students to thrive academically, socially, physically, and emotionally in a nurturing community.

Our Approach: We offer a unique blend of personalised group and one-to-one lessons, combined with creative projects and comprehensive wellbeing support. Over the past 25 years, our team has helped thousands of young people regain their confidence, earn valuable qualifications, and grow into successful, happy adults.

The Role: We are looking for Teaching Assistants to support our students 1:1 and small group classes out of our Learning Hubs. Our students are typically not suited to mainstream education due to SEN, medical needs, or SEMH. The work is varied, challenging, incredibly rewarding. Our aim is to use creative means to inspire students, so the lessons you support will be original and dynamic! This approach has helped us to engage some of the most hard to reach young people. We are proud that, over the years, we have turned many lives around. You will be looked-after by our office-based education team, including a QTS teacher who will act as your mentor as well as safeguarding, wellbeing and logistical staff. The goal is to help your students learn creatively, grow socially and achieve academically.

What We Offer: Competitive pay rates with regular progression A culture of promotion from within (our senior leadership team all started in entry level positions) Ongoing professional development, tailored to your ambitions and interests Regular socials and staff clubs, a supportive and friendly culture Competitive Pension scheme Mental Health and Wellbeing Facilities and Support from our in house Wellbeing Team Access to hundreds of company discounts, including gym membership, cinema tickets and fashion. Excellent work life balance - school holidays. The chance to positively influence the lives of vulnerable children Flexibility to develop your role based on your strengths and interests.

Requirements:

• Experience working with young people, ideally with SEN or SEMH.
• GCSEs in Maths/English/Science at C or above.
• To share our vision of inspiring, motivating and supporting students.

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay rates with regular progression
• A culture of promotion from within (our senior leadership team all started in entry level positions)
• Ongoing professional development, tailored to your ambitions and interests
• Regular socials and staff clubs, a supportive and friendly culture
• Competitive Pension scheme
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Facilities and Support from our in house Wellbeing Team
• Access to hundreds of company discounts, including gym membership, cinema tickets and fashion.
• Excellent work life balance - school holidays.
• The chance to positively influence the lives of vulnerable children
• Flexibility to develop your role based on your strengths and interests.

Pay:

The first 5 weeks of working with TCW is an induction period for which the session rate will be:

• Session Rate (3hrs) - £41.03 + £4.95 Holiday Pay

Once all training sessions have been attended, and the education department is satisfied with your teaching standards, then your rate would then be reviewed and be increased to:

• Session Rate (3hrs) - £42.33 + £5.11 Holiday Pay

Training:

• One off induction day - 10.00am - 4.00pm
• Five Tuesday afternoon induction training sessions - 4.30 - 6.00pm
• Ongoing professional development on Thursday afternoons - 4.30 - 6.00pm

We believe our students deserve a broad range of role models, reflecting the diversity of our society. Therefore, we welcome applications from those of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations and those with disabilities or neurodiverse conditions.

TCW is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.

Interviews - We will be interviewing on a first come first serve basis. Please do not wait to apply!