SEN Teaching Assistant

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

Job summary

REESON Education is recruiting a SEN Teaching Assistant for a full-time, long-term role at an all-through school in Slough, starting ASAP. You will support pupils with diverse additional needs across all key stages, providing one-to-one assistance with communication, learning and social development.

You’ll work in classes such as swimming, music, art and sports, and may collaborate with therapy teams (e.g., speech therapists).

Qualifications

• Love working with children and young adults.
• Able to talk and listen effectively.
• Patient and always positive.
• Supportive and can encourage engagement in learning and social interactions.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support with communication, coordination, learning and social development.
• Support pupils across all key stages in diverse activities such as swimming, music, art and sports.
• Collaborate with therapy teams when needed (e.g., speech therapy).

Skills

Communication

Listening

Patience

Positive attitude

Supportive

Job description

REESON Education is recruiting a SEN Teaching Assistant for a full-time role at an all-through school in Slough, 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 Slough.

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.

Reeson Education is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Please note, where a salary or daily rate range is stated, the higher rate applies to candidates who meet the enhanced experience, training or qualification requirements specified within the advert. All daily/hourly rates quoted are inclusive of holiday pay at 12.07%