Trainee SEND Teaching Assistant.

Location: Stockton-on-Tees

Rate: £13.68 per hour

Satrt Date: January 2026

Are you looking to start a career in Education?

Are you passionate about supporting children and young people?

Do you want a rewarding career where you can be instrumental in making a difference to young people's lives?

Become a Trainee SEND Teaching Assistant! No previous experience or qualifications necessary, just a love for helping others!

Vision For Education are excited to provide this bespoke and incredible opportunity to support passionate people with getting into the education sector. We work alongside our client schools to provide successful Trainee SEND Teaching Assistants with high quality training and paid on the job experience.

Following a successful interview and pending suitability, safeguarding and identity checks, we will work to secure you a paid placement in a school to further develop your skills. We will help you to develop your identity as an educator and help you to choose your specialist area from EYFS, KS1, KS2 to secondary school and SEND provisions.

The role

Prior to starting your placement, you will be required to complete a comprehensive training programme delivered by Vision for Education and school leaders, which will give you the essential skills you need to work as a SEND Teaching Assistant.

SEND Teaching Assistants are instrumental in ensuring the smooth running of any school. The most effective Teaching Assistants have excellent communication skills and have an interest and passion in supporting the day-today needs of all children. They are also able to build relationships with both staff, children, and their families.

The role of a SEND teaching assistant varies from each school. You may be working to support the teacher in while class teaching, running small group interventions to support children or working on a 1:1 basis to ensure the needs of all children are meet and that they can thrive

The requirements

- Be dedicated to improving outcomes for all children

- Have a passion for supporting and helping children

- Be kind, caring and compassionate

- Be proactive and a good communicator

- Be able to work collaboratively in a team

- Be committed to completing the required training and participating in ongoing CPD.

- Be willing to pay for an enhanced DBS check and register with the Update Service.

- Drive or be willing to use public transport.

About us

We are a market-leading education supply agency committed to the development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high quality educators.

We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The Edwin Group is a Top 10 UK-employer in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group.

How to apply

Apply today via this website, or for more information about this role and other opportunities call us on 01642 694 117

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