SEN Teaching Assistant

Hays Specialist Recruitment - Education; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education agency is seeking a dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant for a local Birmingham school to support children with social, emotional, and mental health challenges. The successful applicant will work Monday to Friday and receive training to help in the role. This is a term-time only position concluding at the end of the academic year.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children with SEMH.
• Ability to demonstrate effective de-escalation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Supporting children in class with SEMH challenges.
• Working Monday to Friday, 8.30 am - 3.30 pm on a term-time only basis.

Skills

Experience with challenging behaviour

Key competencies in SEMH

De-escalation techniques

Job description

Hays Education are supporting a local school in recruiting a dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant to work with them for the rest of the summer term. The role is to start in June and will run till the end of the academic year. The details are as follows:

• The school is located in south Birmingham, about a 20-minute drive from the city centre, and describe themselves as a focussed and dedicated school who have young people at the centre of their ethos
• The school caters for children at KS3 level with social, emotional and mental health challenges (SEMH)
• The role entails supporting children in class who have SEMH and some other additional SEN
• The role is Monday to Friday, 8.30 am - 3.30 pm and is on a term time only time sheet basis
• The school will support with training to candidates who may not have experience of working in these kinds of settings
• The successful candidate will have experience of working with children with challenging behaviour and SEMH
• You will be able to demonstrate the key competencies of working with children with SEMH and also de-escalation techniques
• Hays Education will be able to obtain recent satisfactory references that reflect this experience

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