SEN Assistant Practitioner

Stoke-on-Trent City Council; Tunstall; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is seeking a dedicated SEN Assistant Practitioner to support pupils with a range of needs. You will work with teachers and professionals to enable inclusive learning in a caring, safe environment.

You will adapt activities, monitor progress, assist with individual education plans and provide personal care when required. The role requires patience, strong communication, teamwork and a commitment to safeguarding every child’s wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children or young people with SEN
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Patient, caring and resilient approach
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting pupil wellbeing
• Flexibility and a positive attitude to supporting diverse learning needs

Responsibilities

• Support teaching and learning for individual pupils and small groups
• Adapt learning activities to meet individual SEN needs
• Assist with therapy and care programmes under professional guidance
• Monitor and record pupil progress, behaviour and attainment
• Support the development and implementation of individual education plans
• Provide personal care, including toileting, hygiene, dressing and feeding where required
• Build positive relationships with families, carers and external professionals
• Supervise pupils during lessons, breaktimes, lunchtimes and educational visits
• Support pupils with specialist equipment and learning aids
• Assist in maintaining a safe, inclusive and nurturing learning environment.

Skills

Experience with SEN

Communication skills

Empathy

Patience

Team collaboration

Safeguarding

Flexibility

Job description

SEN Assistant Practitioner - 32.5 hrs Monday to Friday Make a Real Difference Every Day Are you passionate about supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN)?

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate SEN Assistant Practitioner to join our professional team and help pupils overcome barriers to learning, achieve their potential, and thrive in a supportive educational environment.

About the Role

Working closely with teachers and other professionals, you will provide specialist support to pupils with a range of needs, including moderate, severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties, as well as behavioural, social, communication, sensory and physical disabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Support teaching and learning for individual pupils and small groups Adapt learning activities to meet individual SEN needs Assist with therapy and care programmes under professional guidance Monitor and record pupil progress, behaviour and attainment Support the development and implementation of individual education plans Provide personal care, including toileting, hygiene, dressing and feeding where required Build positive relationships with families, carers and external professionals Supervise pupils during lessons, breaktimes, lunchtimes and educational visits Support pupils with specialist equipment and learning aids Assist in maintaining a safe, inclusive and nurturing learning environment.

Requirements

• Experience working with children or young people with SEN
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A patient, caring and resilient approach
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting pupil wellbeing
• Flexibility and a positive attitude to supporting diverse learning needs, If you are passionate about inclusion and helping every child achieve success, we'd love to hear from you.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is a unitary authority employing approximately 4,600 staff who deliver 700 services to more than 260,000 residents. Our city comprises of six towns: Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall. We are a city of strengths, with a proud heritage and bright future. We have undergone significant changes over the last few years. New ways of working have already transformed many service areas and we are determined to continue to develop more innovative approaches to ensure that we can maximise the benefits of transformation.

Our city

Although the 13th largest city in the UK, Stoke-on-Trent is rapidly outstripping a number of parts of the country with our economic growth and recovery. Stoke-on-Trent is a city with a strong sense of civic pride - we've been voted the kindest city in the UK - and a place where you'll receive a hugely warm welcome. We have a rich and diverse culture, steeped in our prestigious industrial heritage as the celebrated 'world capital of ceramics'. But we don't just want to celebrate our proud past - we firmly believe that Stoke-on-Trent's best years are ahead of it. We are determined to raise aspirations and match them with high-quality education and health provision, as well as improved opportunities to secure fulfilling and well-paid work. Through uniting social and economic opportunities, we are maximising the full power of the city council as a secure and steadfast institution within the city.

When you work for Stoke-on-Trent City Council you'll be helping to improve the lives and wellbeing of our residents. We'll provide you with support, learning opportunities and flexible working options and some amazing benefits including; a competitive salary, generous holidays, an excellent defined local authority benefit pension scheme, annual leave purchase scheme, cycle to work schemes just to name a few. We also have access to lifestyle benefits which offer a wide range of discounts such as family days out, travel, retail and many more.

Our commitment to you Vibrancy and diversity are two of Stoke-on-Trent's greatest assets. A city founded on creative endeavour should value and celebrate the multitude of voices, ideas and identities that shape its culture. We are committed to creating a culture which is truly inclusive, where all staff feel valued, listened to, supported and able to do their work to the best of their abilities at all times. And we must ensure that our decisions and policies nurture and empower communities across our city and do not inadvertently disadvantage groups and individuals that we want to help to thrive.

Our approach to Equality and Diversity is an invitation to all our communities to work with and for us so we can continue to improve how we deliver services residents need.

Our employee networks are inclusive, open forums for colleagues with similar lived experiences. They allow staff to meet, support and mentor each other, alongside being a voice for under-represented groups to advise and support the organisation when developing policies and services.