Graduate Teaching Assistant; Nursing

Vision for Education are looking for passionate, caring and motivated Student Nurses to join our team supporting children and young people within SEND schools across Birmingham. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your nursing skills in a specialist educational environment, while making a genuine difference to the lives of children and young people with additional needs.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Providing day-to-day support to pupils.
• Supporting children with complex and additional healthcare needs.
• Monitoring pupils' health and wellbeing and recognising changes in their condition.
• Working closely with teachers, teaching assistants, parents/carers and other healthcare professionals.
• Promoting dignity, independence, inclusion and positive wellbeing.
• Providing reassurance and compassionate support to pupils throughout the school day

You will have:

• Experience in care, residential or support settings
• Student Nurses who are nearing completion of their nursing degree and looking to gain experience within a specialist setting.
• A willingness to support personal care
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• A calm, resilient and proactive approach
• A passion for supporting children and young people with SEND

To be considered, you will:

Hold suitable qualifications such as Youth Work, Health and Social Care or Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools are desired but not essential.

Have strong communications skills with the ability to quickly build rapport with students

Able to obtain suitable references and a DBS check.

Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

Vision for Education is a market-leadingeducation recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. We are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.

As a valued employee of Vision for Education you will receive:

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using thePay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers' Regulations), to make sure you get thepay andworkingconditionsyou are entitled to.
• Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.