Part-Time SEN Teaching Assistant

Senploy; London Borough of Southwark; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Senploy is recruiting a Part-Time SEN Teaching Assistant in Southwark to support children with additional needs. You will work 1:1 or in small groups, helping pupils access learning and develop confidence, while collaborating with teachers in an inclusive setting.

The role focuses on flexible scheduling and continued development within education and SEND, with opportunities for training and professional growth in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Build positive relationships with children.
• Communicate confidently with colleagues and families.
• Remain patient when progress takes time.
• Adapt when an approach isn't working.
• Be encouraging without doing everything for a pupil.
• Recognise when a child needs additional reassurance or support.
• Work collaboratively as part of a wider team.
• See the potential of the child rather than focusing solely on their additional need.

Responsibilities

• Providing 1:1 and small-group support for pupils with SEN.
• Helping pupils access classroom learning at an appropriate level.
• Supporting individual learning plans and agreed strategies.
• Adapting activities and resources around different needs.
• Encouraging communication, participation and positive social interaction.
• Supporting emotional regulation and positive behaviour.
• Helping children develop confidence and independence.
• Working closely with teachers to provide consistent support.
• Observing progress and sharing relevant feedback.
• Contributing to an inclusive classroom where pupils feel they belong.

Job description

Perhaps you're looking for a role that fits around other commitments. Perhaps you want to continue working in education without committing to five days a week.

Or maybe you're looking for an opportunity to build your SEND experience while maintaining some flexibility.

Classroom Support is recruiting a Part-Time SEN Teaching Assistant to support children with additional needs within a welcoming education setting in Southwark.

You'll work alongside experienced teaching staff to help individual pupils access learning, build confidence and participate more independently in school life.

It's meaningful work, with a working pattern that doesn't necessarily have to take over your whole week.

Imagine being given a task you don't fully understand, in an environment you find overwhelming, while everyone around you appears to know exactly what they're doing.

Sometimes a child doesn't need an easier task.

They need a different way into it.

That might mean breaking an instruction into smaller steps, adapting a resource, providing additional processing time or helping a pupil regulate before returning to learning.

You'll get to know the individual children you support and learn what helps each of them engage successfully.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing 1:1 and small-group support for pupils with SEN.
• Helping pupils access classroom learning at an appropriate level.
• Supporting individual learning plans and agreed strategies.
• Adapting activities and resources around different needs.
• Encouraging communication, participation and positive social interaction.
• Supporting emotional regulation and positive behaviour.
• Helping children develop confidence and independence.
• Working closely with teachers to provide consistent support.
• Observing progress and sharing relevant feedback.
• Contributing to an inclusive classroom where pupils feel they belong.

You may already have experience as a SEN Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant, Support Worker, Nursery Practitioner or Behaviour Mentor.

Or your experience may have come from another education or care environment where you've supported children or young people.

A relevant qualification in education, SEND or a related field would be useful, but it isn't essential.

We're more interested in whether you can:

• Build positive relationships with children.
• Communicate confidently with colleagues and families.
• Remain patient when progress takes time.
• Adapt when an approach isn't working.
• Be encouraging without doing everything for a pupil.
• Recognise when a child needs additional reassurance or support.
• Work collaboratively as part of a wider team.
• See the potential of the child rather than focusing solely on their additional need.

Part-time work can offer the best of both worlds. You can continue developing valuable education experience while retaining time for family, study, other work or simply a better balance.

You'll also have opportunities to learn from experienced education professionals and participate in relevant training and professional development.

The role offers:

• Practical experience supporting children with SEN.
• Ongoing training and mentorship.
• Experience of individualised approaches to learning.
• The opportunity to develop skills that could support your future progression within education and SEND.

A pupil might struggle to complete a whole worksheet but succeed when it's broken into three manageable steps.

They might find group learning overwhelming but thrive with a few minutes of individual preparation first.

They may initially need you beside them, and gradually discover they can manage without you.

That's what good SEN support can achieve.

Not removing every challenge, but helping a child find a way through it.

If you're looking for a part-time SEN Teaching Assistant opportunity in Southwark where you can develop your experience while keeping greater flexibility in your working week, Classroom Support would love to hear from you.