SEN Support Assistant

St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy; Tunstall; Sur place; GBP 18 000 - 24 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy is seeking an excellent SEN Support Assistant to join our dedicated SEN team and play an integral role in helping pupils overcome learning difficulties. The role involves supporting pupils in classrooms and small groups, responding positively, using initiative, keeping records and liaising with staff, parents, and external agencies.

Experience of supporting pupils with visual/hearing impairment, behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, physical

Qualifications

• Experience supporting pupils with learning difficulties is beneficial.
• Experience delivering intervention programmes in literacy, numeracy, speech language and communication, and social, emotional and mental health difficulties would be advantageous.

Responsabilités

• Support a range of pupils in overcoming difficulties in learning in classroom and small group situations.
• Respond to pupils in a positive way.
• Use initiative and work independently.
• Keep written records.
• Liaise with staff, parents and other agencies.
• Supervise groups of students as necessary.

Description du poste

At St. Margaret Ward, we are wholeheartedly committed to ensuring all who work and learn in the school can be the very best versions of themselves; we believe in fostering a community where all are loved and belong.

To help us live out our mission, we are seeking to appoint an excellent SEN Support Assistant to be part of our highly effective SEN team, playing an integral role in helping us to achieve our aim.

The successful candidate will be expected to help our pupils who experience specific difficulties with their studies.

In particular, this will involve:

• Supporting a range of pupils in overcoming difficulties in learning in classroom and small group situations
• Responding to pupils in a positive way
• Using initiative and working independently
• Keeping written records
• Liaising with staff, parents and other agencies
• Supervising groups of students as necessary

Experience of supporting pupils with visual/hearing impairment, behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, physical disabilities and/or English as an additional language would be beneficial.

The candidate must, ideally, have experience in delivering intervention programmes in areas such as:

• Literacy
• Numeracy
• Speech language and communication
• Social, emotional and mental health difficulties