SEN 1:1 Teaching Assistant

Vision for Education Ltd; Larkhill; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Vision for Education Ltd is seeking experienced 1-1 Classroom Support Assistants to work in a SEN School in Kidderminster on a full-time basis. You will provide personalised assistance to students with special educational needs, supporting learning aims and helping learners engage with activities across the school day.

Strong communication with teachers, families and other staff is essential. The role requires safeguarding checks, ability to build rapport with pupils, and contributing to

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children and young people with diverse SEN.
• Ability to build quick rapport with students and families.
• Willingness to undergo safeguarding checks and DBS if required.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1-1 classroom support to pupils with SEN in a school setting.
• Deliver personalised assistance to help learners access lessons and activities.
• Support teachers with learning plans and strategies tailored to individual needs.
• Maintain communication with parents, carers and other professionals as needed.

Skills

Communication skills

Rapport building

Education

Youth Work

Health and Social Care

Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools

Job description

Vision for Education is seeking experienced 1-1 Classroom Support Assistants to work in an SEN School in Kidderminster on a full-time basis.

About the role

• As a 1-1 Support within a school, you will play a crucial role in providing personalised assistance to students with special educational needs or individual learning requirements.

• Your primary responsibility is to offer tailored support to help students overcome challenges and achieve their full potential within the school environment

• This role involves working closely with students, teachers, and other support staff to ensure the delivery of effective support strategies

• Implementing individualised learning plans, promoting student engagement and independence, and maintaining regular communication withparents, careers and outside professionals.

About the School

• A specialist all-through school based in Kidderminster supporting students who have a range of complex learning needs including social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language communication difficulties and autism.
  

• Maintaining a nurturing environment where young people can achieve their full potential, ensuring that young people are heard, respected, and involved in decisions that affect them, wherever possible, engaging positively with their learning.
  

• Creating a home-like atmosphere to ensure a smooth transition for students.
  

• Ensuring a mix of classroom and outdoor learning in beautiful surroundings.

About you:

To be considered for the 1-1 Classroom Support position, you will:

• Have previous experience working with children and young people with a range of special educational needs, such as learning difficulties, autism, and sensory needs.

• Suitable qualifications such as Youth Work, Health and Social Care or Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools are desired but not essential.

• Have strong communications skills with the ability to quickly build rapport with students

• Able to obtain suitable references and a DBS check.

Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

What Vision for Education offer

As a valued employee of Vision for Education, you will receive:

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using thePay As You Earn (PAYE) system.

• Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).

• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).

• Daily rate is subject to your scale rate, experience in role and qualifications which will be discussed at the point of registration.

• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers' Regulations), to make sure you get thepay andworkingconditionsyou are entitled to.

• FREE training to