Secondary SEND Teaching Assistant

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

Benefits offered by this job

Free safeguarding training

Competitive daily rate £90-£120

Supportive consultants

Job summary

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

You will be required to demonstrate safeguarding awareness, initiative, and problem-solving skills to put children’s needs first and help them flourish at school.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Support students 1:1 or in small groups to access work set by class teachers
• Help students navigate challenging days and flourish at school
• Be a positive role model and deliver supportive pastoral assistance

Skills

Experience with children

Safeguarding in schools

Initiative

Problem solving

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.

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