Cover Supervisor

Do you enjoy working with young people aged 11 – 18? Have you considered working in Secondary Schools as a Cover Supervisor?

We are working with a range of Secondary Schools in Chingford who are looking for confident, professional and dedicated people to work as Cover Supervisors in their schools to provide short-term and daily cover for teachers.

The Role

As a Cover Supervisor you will work in secondary schools covering classes and ensuring students are working on tasks whilst teachers are absent or engaged in other activities and meetings. This is a key role within secondary schools and almost every secondary school will engage cover supervisors to allow teachers.

This is great opportunity to work on flexible basis and gain experience within secondary schools.

Cover Supervisors are required for the full school day – 8.30am to 3.45pm (approx.)

Flexible work options

Most Cover Supervisors begin work on a short-term/supply basis. This is ideal if you just want to work a few days in local schools, or want to build experience within the secondary school sector. For more experienced Cover Supervisors, we have full-time contracts available.

What do I need to be a Cover Supervisor?

You do not need any formal qualifications to be a Cover Supervisor, but we do require you to have had some experience working with 11 – 18-year-olds.

Cover Supervisor work is ideal for:

Graduates who are considering becoming Secondary school teachers
Youth workers
Summer camp leaders
Sports coaches for 11 – 18 yrs
People who have experience supporting young offenders

You will need an Enhanced DBS certificate to work with children and 2 references covering the past two years. If you haven’t got a DBS, we can help you apply for one from the UK Disclosure and barring service.

Most importantly you need a confident, positive and professional approach to working with young people.

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Philosophy Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.

Responsibilities

Covering classes in secondary schools; Ensuring students are working on tasks whilst teachers are absent or engaged in other activities and meetings; Providing short-term and daily cover for teachers

Requirements

Experience working with 11 – 18-year-olds; Enhanced DBS certificate to work with children; 2 references covering the past two years; Confident, positive and professional approach to working with young people; Availability for the full school day – 8.30am to 3.45pm (approx.)

Nice to have

Graduates who are considering becoming Secondary school teachers; Youth workers; Summer camp leaders; Sports coaches for 11 – 18 yrs; People who have experience supporting young offenders

Benefits

Flexible work options; Opportunity to gain experience within secondary schools; Help applying for DBS