Overview
Job Title: Cover Supervisor
Location: Mansfield
Start Date: Sept 2024
Duration: Ongoing
Rate of Pay: £95 - £105 per day
School Details
The school is a well established and historic school based very close to Mansfield town centre. Easy to reach and in an extremely pleasant setting, the school has been a part of the Mansfield community for over 100 years.
Vacancy Details
The school have a need for cover supervisors to assist with the running of classes across a variety of lessons.
For those that are not familiar, a cover supervisor is a person that takes responsibility for a class of pupils in the absence of the class teacher, if for example the regular teacher is ill or is required for training etc. A cover supervisor is primarily responsible for three things:
· Ensuring that the work left for the pupils by the absent teacher is completed.
· That the pupils are managed in terms of behaviour.
· That everyone is kept safe in line with the safeguarding requirements of the school
A cover supervisor will keep pupils on task and assist where necessary. A good cover supervisor will make detailed observations in order to feedback to the absent teacher, regarding the progress made and the behaviour of the pupils. Cover Supervisors are also required to follow the schools behaviour and safeguarding policies (training for which will be provided by individual schools as there may be variations from place to place.)
Candidate Requirements
To be suitable to work as a Cover Supervisor you will require the following:
· Some level of experience of working in school, or educational / care settings (such as pupil referral units, care homes, social services etc AND/OR:
· Education sector qualifications or training, such as a PGCE, Cert Ed, Teaching Assistant quals or anything similar or relevant.
· A genuine desire to work with children.
· Resilience and perseverance. It can be a challenging role and requires mental strength and the ability to deal with difficult behaviour.
· Presence and authority. You will oversee the class and will need to demonstrate this in a friendly and professional way.
Who would this role be suitable for?
This type of ad hoc, day to day work is ideal for the following people:
· Those training (or thinking about training) to become teachers and educators in the future who may want to build their experience, or see what different school environments are like.
· Trained / qualified teachers that want to explore different school types before committing to longer term and permanent roles.
· Anyone wishing to network and to demonstrate their teaching abilities to schools before suitable permanent positions may arise.
· People with limited availability for work, such as those with childcare responsibilities that may not be able to commit to full time work.
· Retired teachers and other educational staff that miss being in schools and also wish to earn a some weekend / rainy day money!
The benefits of working for for Education World:
· A £100 sign on bonus for all L3 qualified Teaching Assistants (t’s and c’s apply)
· A £50 sign on bonus for attending your registration interview at the first opportunity (t’s and c’s apply)
· Competitive rates of pay
· Payment via PAYE ONLY – no payment of fees / charges to umbrella companies means more money in your pocket
· Dedicated consultative support from your assigned Education World consultant
· FREE training and Cache L2 online courses to anyone registered with Education World
· Our outstanding Refer a Friend / Ambassador scheme – get paid just for referring staff to work with us! (terms and conditions apply, please call for more details.)
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