SEN Teaching Assistant

REESON Education; Dover; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

REESON Education is recruiting a SEN Teaching Assistant for a full-time role at an all-through school in Tower Hamlets, starting ASAP. The role involves supporting pupils with special educational needs across all key stages and in a variety of activities such as swimming, music, art, sports and cooking.

You will provide one-to-one support, work closely with therapy teams, and have the opportunity to train while you work.

Qualifications

• You love working with children and young adults.
• You're good at talking and listening.
• You're patient and always positive.
• You're supportive and are able to encourage pupils to engage with learning and each other.
• For this role, you must be able to commit to a long-term placement.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support with communication, coordination, learning and social development.
• Support pupils across all key stages in activities such as swimming, music, art, sports and cooking.
• Help students learn life skills and make friends.
• Work with therapy teams (e.g., speech therapists) as part of the pupil support plan.
• Opportunity to train while you work.

Job description

REESON Education is recruiting a SEN Teaching Assistant for a full-time role at an all-through school in Tower Hamlets, starting ASAP. Candidates must be happy to work across all key stages, supporting pupils of different ages with special educational needs. The role involves providing one-to-one support with communication, coordination, learning and social development. The students at this school have a range of needs so a passion for supporting people with additional needs would be ideal. You'll work closely with them in different classes like swimming, music, art, and sports. You might also get to work with therapy teams, like dogs and speech therapists.

Job details:

It's in Tower Hamlets.

It's a full-time role.

It's a long-term job with the opportunity to go permanent.

The school is an all-through school, and you must be happy to work across all key stages.

Classes have 5 to 8 students.

You'll help students learn life skills and make friends.

You'll help in fun classes like music, art, sports, and cooking.

You can get training while you work.

It's easy to get to by public transport.

What we're looking for:

You love working with children and young adults.

You're good at talking and listening.

You're patient and always positive.

You're supportive and are able to encourage pupils to engage with learning and each other.

For this role, you must be able to commit to a long-term placement.