Teaching Assistant SEND IR Unit

Role: Teaching Assistant SEND IR Unit
Location: Chesterfield
Salary: £95-£105 per day (Depending on experience and/or qualifications)
Contract: Temporary – Long term supply

About the role
Source Supply are seeking a dedicated, compassionate, and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our welcoming mainstream primary school, supporting pupils within an Integrated Resource Unit. This role involves working closely with children who have additional needs, helping them to access learning, develop independence, and thrive both academically and socially.

As a Teaching Assistant in the Integrated Resource Unit, you will:
• Support pupils with a range of additional needs, including communication and interaction difficulties, autism, and/or learning differences
• Work under the guidance of the class teacher and SENDCo to deliver tailored support and interventions
• Adapt learning activities to meet individual needs and learning styles
• Foster a nurturing, inclusive, and structured environment
• Support pupils’ social, emotional, and behavioural development
• Assist with personal care where required
• Contribute to the assessment and monitoring of pupil progress
• Have experience working with children with additional needs (school-based or similar setting preferred)
• Be patient, empathetic, and resilient
• Demonstrate strong communication and teamwork skills
• Be proactive, flexible, and committed to inclusive education

Requirements
Salary is dependent on experience, qualifications and training. All successful applicants will:
– Experience in working with children in a school or specialist setting
– A nurturing, patient and consistent approach
– Have referenceable experience working in a school setting.
– Be passionate about education, with a desire to help young people thrive.
– Be an excellent communicator with a positive, can-do attitude.
– Ideally hold a full, clean driving licence and have access to vehicle.

About Source Supply
Source Supply are local education recruitment specialists, with over 50 years’ experience working with schools and other education settings. We work closely with primary, secondary and SEND settings to recruit exceptional teachers, teaching assistants and other support staff for a range of day-to-day, short and long-term vacancies.
Source Supply welcome all applicants and do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation.

What we offer
Source Supply are proud to offer our valued staff:
– Competitive rates of pay, paid PAYE on a weekly basis.
– Pension contributions, subject to a qualifying period.
– Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations).
– Free online and face-to-face training, plus regular social events
– Local, dedicated support from our experienced recruitment team.
– Generous referral scheme – earn £100 for each successful recommendation.
– A £100 welcome bonus for all staff. T&C apply.
– FULLY FUNDED DBS

How to apply
To join us as a teaching assistant, apply via this website or email an up-to-date CV to [email removed]. For an informal chat about the role, or more information about Source Supply, call [phone removed].