Apparently there is a public sector strike going on...

[Eirikur]

Workers don't get paid when on strike.

Yep good for HM's treasury, 2 million civil servants on strike saves them at least £200M in salary today.

[TheFaQQer]

yes, many of the ones I know do. There seem to be jobs with the set hours. Top two with hours from a search.

Teaching Assistant

https://emea3.recruitmentplatform.co...i&sType=Indeed

seem to be plenty of them about.

Teaching Assistant Jobs, vacancies | Indeed.co.uk

Those first two that you link to are to provide specific 1:1 support for individual children, so there is very little need for them to be working additional hours, which is why they are advertised as being part-time.

That is significantly different from a "normal" TA (especially a TA3) who work significantly longer than someone who is there to support one and only one child.

[Old Greg]

Yep good for HM's treasury, 2 million civil servants on strike saves them at least £200M in salary today.

Guardian suggests up to (read 'less than') 1 million public sector workers (so civil servants a % thereof).

[TheFaQQer]

Plus most have a second job and retire very young on a good pension. That said, I don't think I'd fancy running into a burning building and I certainly wouldn't be bringing the matter up while they were dragging me out.

Under the proposed pension changes, though, they can't retire early on a good pension - and if I could choose whoever rescued me from a burning building, I'd prefer it wasn't an asthmatic 60 year old who is on their last legs because they've spent 40 years in burning buildings.

[Coalman]

Those first two that you link to are to provide specific 1:1 support for individual children, so there is very little need for them to be working additional hours, which is why they are advertised as being part-time.

That is significantly different from a "normal" TA (especially a TA3) who work significantly longer than someone who is there to support one and only one child.

Stop letting facts get in the way of a good rant. Off course all teachers and teaching assistants only work when the kids are in school.

There is a magic fairy to do all the other jobs that need to be done to run a school!

[Eirikur]

Those first two that you link to are to provide specific 1:1 support for individual children, so there is very little need for them to be working additional hours, which is why they are advertised as being part-time.

That is significantly different from a "normal" TA (especially a TA3) who work significantly longer than someone who is there to support one and only one child.

Teachers and TA's maybe work an hour more per day than the hours they actually teach,still they have very friendly hours and an extreme amount of holidays.
They keep up the myth successfully there's so much extra work involved, there's not.

[northernladuk]

Those first two that you link to are to provide specific 1:1 support for individual children, so there is very little need for them to be working additional hours, which is why they are advertised as being part-time.

That is significantly different from a "normal" TA (especially a TA3) who work significantly longer than someone who is there to support one and only one child.

Exactly. There are the ones that are nothing more than mothers helping out but there is a core that make a huge difference to the school and work hard. With more and more pressure put on the teachers they rely on the TAs to the point they cannot function without them.

Of course the role is advertised with set hours. I believe teachers are the same. The adverts forget to mention 10s of hours extra they must put in to succeed in their role. It's stupid really.

[vetran]

Those first two that you link to are to provide specific 1:1 support for individual children, so there is very little need for them to be working additional hours, which is why they are advertised as being part-time.

That is significantly different from a "normal" TA (especially a TA3) who work significantly longer than someone who is there to support one and only one child.

seems to be loads, term time only 20 - 35 hours a week. paying £10 - 23K

you need to have a word, your missus is obviously working 'overtime' with someone

Dillington Advertising Services - Somerset County Council (Jobs and Careers)

https://www.yourcounciljobs.co.uk/jo...ampaign=Indeed

https://www.yourcounciljobs.co.uk/jo...ampaign=Indeed

[TheFaQQer]

Teachers and TA's maybe work an hour more per day than the hours they actually teach

If that's what you want to believe, then good for you.

Most (if not all teachers) that I know work significantly longer hours than I do, though.

[Old Greg]

Teachers and TA's maybe work an hour more per day than the hours they actually teach,still they have very friendly hours and an extreme amount of holidays.
They keep up the myth successfully there's so much extra work involved, there's not.

How do you know?