Teaching recruitment agencies provide a valuable service to educational establishments and for teachers. They act as intermediaries that introduce suitable teaching staff to schools, colleges and nurseries to fill permanent or temporary vacancies or even to provide emergency cover.
Recruiting teaching staff can be a time-consuming business for school administrators and heads and finding the right person at short notice can, furthermore, be very stressful. You need to ensure that the staff you take on are suitably trained, qualified and experienced, have been thoroughly vetted and, moreover, will fit in seamlessly with your organisation’s teaching ethos. The education and welfare of the children or young adults in your establishment must be safeguarded at all times. Compromise is not an option, even in an emergency.
Engaging the services of suitable and reputable teaching recruitment agencies will take some of that pressure off the shoulders of the school’s recruiting officer or head teacher. These agencies maintain a comprehensive database of qualified and experienced teaching staff, all of whom will have been rigorously vetted for your total peace of mind. The vetting procedure carried out by teaching recruitment agencies includes face to face interviews with candidates, verification of teaching qualifications, an identity and medical history check, an up to date CRB enhanced disclosure check and police clearance and permission to work checks if applicable e.g. for candidates from overseas. This means that the agency is able to put forward to the teaching establishment only pre-qualified candidates and this saves the school or college staff valuable time.
By working closely with schools and colleges on an ongoing basis, teaching recruitment agencies will build up a professional rapport with and understanding of the individual school’s requirements. They will therefore best know exactly which candidates from their database will best suit the organisation in question. The agency will be able to source from their network of centres, heads and assistant heads, primary and secondary school teachers, teaching assistants, classroom assistants, special needs teachers and assistants, nursery nurses and nursery assistants, classroom technicians, exam invigilators and a whole range of educational support and admin staff. Suitable staff can be arranged for permanent positions or on a temporary basis or even to cover a one-off day or two’s emergency.
Through ongoing recruitment advertising, locally, nationally and also overseas, teaching recruitment agencies ensure that they have a comprehensive database of quality teaching staff on their books at all times. They are dedicated to finding only the best candidates and by working with and listening to schools they understand exactly what an organisation’s requirements are. This means that a college or school’s already overworked staff won’t have their time wasted by being sent a string of unsuitable candidates to fill a position. Teaching recruitment agencies do the important and time consuming work first and can provide quality teaching staff for any situation.