Job Description

Role: Teaching Assistant

Location: Chesterfield

Salary: 90-100 per day (Depending on experience and/or qualifications)

Contract: Jan 2026 - July 2026

About the role

Are you passionate about making a real difference in a child's life?
Do you have experience supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)?

Source Supply are working with a welcoming and inclusive mainstream primary school in Chesterfield to recruit a dedicated and compassionate SEND Teaching Assistant. This role involves providing 1:1 support to a pupil who requires additional help to access learning and achieve their full potential. You will work closely with the class teacher and the SENDCO to deliver tailored support and guidance.

Experience supporting children with SEND--such as autism, ADHD, or speech and language needs--would be highly advantageous.

Requirements

Salary is dependent on experience, qualifications and training. All successful applicants will:

- Experience in working with children in a school or specialist setting

- A nurturing, patient and consistent approach

- Have referenceable experience working in a school setting.

- Be passionate about education, with a desire to help young people thrive.

- Be an excellent communicator with a positive, can-do attitude.

- Ideally hold a full, clean driving licence and have access to vehicle.

About Source Supply

Source Supply are local education recruitment specialists, with over 50 years' experience working with schools and other education settings. We work closely with primary, secondary and SEND settings to recruit exceptional teachers, teaching assistants and other support staff for a range of day-to-day, short and long-term vacancies.

Source Supply welcome all applicants and do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation.

What we offer

Source Supply are proud to offer our valued staff:

- Competitive rates of pay, paid PAYE on a weekly basis.

- Pension contributions, subject to a qualifying period.

- Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers' Regulations).

- Free online and face-to-face training, plus regular social events

- Local, dedicated support from our experienced recruitment team.

- Generous referral scheme - earn 100 for each successful recommendation.

- A 100 welcome bonus for all staff. T&C apply.

How to apply

To join us as a teaching assistant, apply via this website or email an up-to-date CV to sheffield@sourcesupply.co.uk. For an informal chat about the role, or more information about Source Supply, call 0114 383 0022.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 90.00-100.00 per day

Work Location: In person