Cover Supervisor

The Role:

The opportunity has arisen to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join our team at Richard Lander School. The main purpose of this job is to provide effective cover supervision in a range of classes and subjects in response to unforeseen short-term teacher absence, ensuring good order is maintained in the classroom and pupils keep to task. The successful candidate will work under the guidance of teaching / senior staff within an agreed system of supervision.

Our school is welcoming and supportive, with a strong value placed on 'being the best you can be’ and staff and students on a mission to achieve great outcomes for all our students.

This position is full time and permanent and is available to start ASAP.

Duties and responsibilities inlcude but are not limited:

• To attend regular staff briefing meetings and departmental meetings to remain fully aware of teacher absences and the schools’ changing requirements for teacher cover.
• To liaise with the Head of Department with regard to distributing relevant papers and documents of suitable teaching materials which relate to the relevant Curriculum area and stage of progress of the pupils.
• To establish constructive relationships and effectively communicate with teaching staff and Heads of Departments with regard to cover requirements for short-term teacher absence.
• To build and maintain supportive relationships with pupils, treating all individuals consistently and with respect and consideration. To encourage acceptance and inclusion of all pupils.
• To attend whole staff briefing meetings and other communication meetings as required.
• To assist pupils in developing knowledge and skills through use of the pre-set work and teaching resources provided. To take into account the learning support involved to aid the pupils to learn as effectively as possible.
• To provide instructions to pupils with regard to pre-set activities for the class as provided by the Head of Department or teacher in the event of the usual class teacher’s absence.

If you have a passion for education and want to make a real difference in the lives of young learners, and a Cover Suporvisor sounds like the role for you, we want to hear from you.

Working with Long Term Teachers

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Education Schools.

LLT was founded with the aim of creating genuine, honest and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering exceptional service where you will be supported, heard and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.

We are proud members of REC and we have the highest standards of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.

In addition you will receive:

• Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities

• Permanent job roles

• Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process

• Working to Agency Workers Regulations

• Interview preparation, advice and support

• Statutory employment rights such as, sick pay, holiday pay, maternity/paternity pay

• Use of PEO system which is all app based, through Fairpay you have 24/7 access to GPs for you and your immediate family, professional counseling, up to 7% cash back across 2000 stores such as Tesco and Sainsbury.