Secondary SEND Teaching Assistant

Academics; England; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free safeguarding training

Supportive consultant team

Enhanced DBS check

Job summary

Academics Ltd is seeking a Secondary SEND Teaching Assistant to support students with barriers to learning across secondary schools in Kirklees. You will work 1:1 or with groups to help pupils access work set by class teachers and to navigate challenging days, acting as a positive role model.

You should have experience with children, understand safeguarding, and use your own initiative to put children’s needs first.

Qualifications

• Experience in working with children.
• Understanding safeguarding in schools.
• Ability to use initiative and solve problems.
• Putting the needs of children first.

Responsibilities

• Work 1:1 or with groups to help students access work set by class teachers.
• Support pupils in navigating challenging days at school and staying engaged with learning.
• Be a positive role model and promote safeguarding and student well-being.
• Contribute to a stimulating environment and help pupils flourish at school.

Skills

Experience with children

Safeguarding awareness

Initiative & problem solving

Child-centered approach

Job description

Secondary SEND Teaching Assistant

Versatile, Empathetic and Caring Individuals Needed to Support a Range of Student's with Barriers to Learning.

This is a great opportunity to become a positive support mechanism and role model in the lives of secondary School students across Kirklees. You will work as either 1:1 or with groups in helping young people with a range of barriers to learning, to access work set by class teachers and to navigate what can be very challenging days at school. Each day will bring a new challenge and also a new opportunity to help the child overcome daily difficulties and flourish at school. Doing this through academics means that, instead of committing to a restricting role in a specific school, you can try different schools, different age groups, and the different ways in which you can be a Secondary SEND Teaching Assistant, in order to find your place and your career.

Your Career, Your Way.

A good Secondary SEND Teaching Assistant will be:

Someone who has experience in working with children.

Someone who understands the importance of safeguarding in schools.

Someone who is good at working with their own initiative and problem solving.

Someone who puts the needs of children first.

We will give a good Secondary SEND Teaching Assistant:

Competitive rates of 90-120 per day

Free safeguarding training

A stimulating and exiting environment where you will be challenged and rewarded daily

A supportive team of consultants that will support you every step of the way.

Role subject to an enhanced DBS check.

If you are, or could be, a Secondary SEND Teaching Assistant, You can also use this as a great and unique opportunity of gaining some very valuable experience in this area.

Salary will be determined by the successful candidate's qualifications and relevant experience, and will be in accordance with the client's pay policy.