Creative Arts Assistant

Turn Your Creativity Into Real Impact – Support Children with Additional Needs Every Day

Creative Arts Assistant (full-time, temporary)
Salford
£463 - £525 per week PAYE (salary is dependent on experience and/or qualifications)
Start date: September 2026

The School and Role
Join a welcoming specialist SEN school in Salford where creativity is used as a powerful tool to unlock potential. This is a highly rewarding opportunity to support children with additional needs, including Autism, in a structured, nurturing, and inclusive environment.

As a Creative Arts Assistant, you’ll play a hands-on role in helping pupils express themselves, build confidence, and engage with learning through creative activities such as art, music, and drama. Working closely with experienced teachers and support staff, you’ll provide tailored 1:1 and small group support, making a genuine difference to each child’s development.

If you’re looking for a role where your creativity can genuinely change lives while building a career in education or SEN, this is an opportunity not to miss.

Requirements
To succeed in this role, you will:

Have a background in or passion for creative arts (e.g. art, music, drama, performance)
Bring experience supporting children, young people, or vulnerable individuals (school, care, youth work, or similar)
Show a genuine commitment to supporting pupils with SEN, including Autism and SEMH needs
Be patient, resilient, and confident in a specialist school environment
Communicate effectively and bring a positive, proactive attitude every day
What we offer
As a Creative Arts Assistant, part of our team, you benefit from:

Excellent daily rates paid using the PAYE system.
Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability).
Social and networking events.
Pension contributions.
CPD to help with your professional development.
Access to a dedicated consultant.
Daily rate is subject to your scale rate, experience in role and qualifications which will be discussed at the point of registration.
About us
We are a market-leading education supply agency committed to the development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high quality educators.

The Edwin Group is a Top 10 UK-employer in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group.

We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

If you are a Creative Arts Assistant based near Salford who can enthuse, motivate and engage learners then we want to hear from you.

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