Learning Support Assistants

Teaching Assistant – Every Small Win Matters

Location: West Sussex
Contract: Full-Time / Part-Time Opportunities Available
Pay: £92.63 - £99.45 per day

Sometimes success is a student attending their first full lesson. Sometimes it''s a positive conversation. Sometimes it''s simply helping a young person believe in themselves again.

Supply Desk is recruiting Teaching Assistants to work across a variety of educational settings throughout West Sussex, supporting students who may require additional help with their learning, behaviour, emotional wellbeing, or engagement in education.

Some placements may be within specialist provisions or alternative learning environments, where adaptability, resilience, and positive relationship-building are key.

• Supporting students in the classroom on a 1:1 and small-group basis
• Encouraging engagement and participation in learning
• Promoting positive behaviour and confidence
• Assisting teaching staff with classroom activities
• Helping create a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment

• Experience working with children or young people is desirable
• Teaching Assistant, Youth Work, Support Work, Care, Coaching, or Mentoring experience welcomed
• Strong communication skills
• A calm, patient, and resilient approach
• A genuine passion for making a difference

• Weekly PAYE pay
• Access to CPD and professional development
• Flexible opportunities across West Sussex
• Dedicated consultant support
• Refer-a-Friend bonus of up to £150

Some of the settings can be challenging, but they are also some of the most rewarding environments in education. The impact you make could stay with a young person long after they leave the classroom.

Safeguarding:
Supply Desk is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS, including a children’s barred list check and, where applicable, a vulnerable adults barred list check, is required for all successful candidates. To be considered for the role and the rates advertised, you must meet the minimum experience, training or qualifications stated and have the legal right to work in the UK. To be considered for a higher rate, in addition to meeting the minimum criteria, you must be able to demonstrate additional experience, training, and if applicable, qualifications. This role complies with AWR (2010) regulations protecting agency workers’ rights. Please note that this job expires after 90 days-you can, however, still apply to be considered for similar roles.