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Teaching Vacancies; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies is recruiting staff to support pupils with SEN in an Ashton-under-Lyne school. You will work with young people who may present with challenging behaviour and complex needs, adopting a nurturing and empathetic approach.

You will assist teaching and learning, differentiate interventions, monitor progress and provide regular feedback to teachers and stakeholders, in a collaborative safeguarding-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with young people in SEN settings
• Nurturing and empathetic approach to behaviour management
• Ability to monitor student progress and provide regular feedback
• Ability to differentiate interventions for curriculum
• Willingness to collaborate with classroom teachers
• Commitment to professional development
• Capable of working in a team with initiative

Responsibilities

• Support teaching and learning within an SEN setting
• Monitor student progress and report to stakeholders
• Record progress and provide regular feedback
• Differentiate interventions in collaboration with teachers
• Model and encourage appropriate social behaviour
• Work in partnership with classroom teachers to support the curriculum
• Show initiative and participate in own professional development

Skills

SEN support

Behaviour management

Progress recording

Feedback to stakeholders

Differentiation

Team collaboration

Professional development

Empathy

Resilience

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Previous experience of working with young people of school age who may present with challenging behaviour and complex needs, preferably within an educational setting
• A nurturing and empathetic approach to behaviour management
• The physical and emotional resilience to support students with complex needs, taking a non-judgemental approach
• The ability to support teaching and learning within an SEN setting to a dedicated group of students
• The ability to support the class teacher to monitor student progress, ensuring their improved engagement with the school and their learning
• The ability to record student progress and provide regular feedback to stakeholders
• The ability to model and encourage appropriate social behaviour in and out of school and to cater for the general welfare of students.
• The ability to work in partnership with classroom teachers to differentiate appropriate interventions for students in relation to the curriculum
• The ability to work as part of a team using own initiative when needed
• Willingness to participate in own professional development

What the school offers its staff

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.