Teaching Assistant
| Posting date: | 28 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | 20421.23 - 20421.23 UKP per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 August 2025 |
| Location: | Corbridge, Northumberland, EN6 1AG |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | eTeach UK Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1501437 |
Summary
Role: Teaching Assistant
Location: Cambian Dilston College, Corbridge
Hours: 37.5 per week, term time only
Salary: £20,421.23 per annum
Are you a Teaching Assistant looking for a new challenge or perhaps you would like to begin a career in education?
We are now recruiting for teaching assistants to join our school.
The successful applicant will work as part of a team under the direction of a qualified teacher assisting pupils to access a broad curriculum, based on the National Curriculum. You will have excellent organisational and communication skills as well as being able to work flexibly in relation to tasks undertaken.
Experience isn't essential, we will give you all the training and support needed.
Pay & Benefits
Salary of £20,421.22 per annum
5.6 weeks paid annual leave with 7.4 weeks unpaid (Term Time employees)
Health benefits, including dental and optical cashback after 2 years.
Support: 24/7 helpline and hardship grants through the CareTech Foundation.
Person Specification
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Calm under pressure.
Professional attitude and appearance.
The ability to lead and be led.
Experience of working with young people with additional needs.
Good organisational skills.
Assisting the Teacher/Class Lead in the preparation of the work that is to be carried out in class.
Supporting students in lessons both on and off site.
Supporting students to make progression with formal learning situations, with self-help skills, life skills and social understanding.
To support students through both groups learning and individual programmes.
About us:
Cambian Dilston College consists of our main college building, four cottages, five apartments and a community house in a nearby town of Hexham making up our 9 acre rural campus located in Dilston, Northumberland.
The College caters for young people and adults that have additional learning needs and associated complex behaviours that may challenge. We’re now looking to increase the provision of 52 week care placements that can be offered to students. With this development, we are looking to recruit committed, resilient, empathetic and engaging youth support workers to the team. These support workers will deliver a model of positive behaviour support to empower our young people. Alongside this, implementing positive change to their lives, gaining self-regulation skills and developing greater lifelong independence
We pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunities Employer. And we are committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.
Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.