Children’s Support Worker

Connex Education; Northwich; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An education support agency in Northwich is seeking a Children’s Support Worker to assist pupils with special educational needs. The role involves providing academic and emotional support, while promoting life skills in a collaborative environment with teachers and other support staff. Successful candidates will manage challenging behaviors and must be willing to provide personal care. Competitive weekly rates and opportunities for professional development are offered.

Benefits

Competitive daily rate paid weekly

Free access to SEND toolkit skills development

Funded formal qualifications

Support from dedicated consultant

Career progression

Refer a friend scheme (£200 vouchers)

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting pupils with SEND either in a School or residential setting.
• Willing to provide personal care.
• Confident in dealing with challenging behaviour.
• Ability to build relationships with staff and pupils.
• Able to provide a DBS on the update service or willing to apply for a new one.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils academically and emotionally in a SEND environment.
• Promote life skills and engage with the learning environment.
• Collaborate with the class teacher and other TAs.

Skills

Experience supporting pupils with SEND

Personal care

Dealing with challenging behaviour

Relationship building

Job description

Overview

Children’s Support Worker – Northwich

£425 – £475 per week depending on experience

About the role

Connex Education are working with various SEND Schools in Northwich who are seeking support workers who are interested in working in SEND Schools as a SEND TA.

About the School

The schools we work with cater for pupils aged between 2 and 19 with a range of needs including Autism, SEMH, SLD and PMLD. The role of a SEND TA will include supporting pupils both academically and emotionally as well as promoting life skills. You will work as a team with the class teacher and other TA’s to help create an engaging learning environment.

Assignment details

We are working on both full and part time roles, some of which are temp to perm. The hours are usually Monday-Friday 8.30am until 3.30pm.

Benefits

• Competitive daily rate paid weekly
• Free access to our SEND toolkit skills development
• Funded formal qualifications including level 2/3 SEND, L3 Teaching and learning in Schools and Level 4 HLTA
• Support from your dedicated consultant
• Career progression
• Refer a friend scheme (£200 vouchers)

Person specification

• Experience of supporting pupils with SEND either in a School or residential setting as a support worker.
• Be willing to provide personal care.
• Confident in dealing with challenging behaviour
• The ability to build relationships with staff and pupils.
• Able to provide a DBS on the update service or be willing to apply for a new one.

If you are interested in applying for this SEND TA then please apply today.

All offers are conditional upon satisfactory background checks, including a DBS check. All appointments will be made subject to a DBS check. Connex Education Partnership is committed to a policy of equal opportunities. We respect and value cultural and religious diversity and will not discriminate based on age, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, religion, culture, marital status or disability. Everyone is assessed on merit alone.

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