SEN Teaching Assistant

Stockport Council; Stockport; Vor Ort; GBP 20.000 - 21.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Professional development

Zusammenfassung

Heaton School in Stockport is seeking a resilient Teaching Assistant to support teenagers with complex needs. You will deliver personalised learning, assist with personal care and mobility, and use positive behaviour strategies to foster independence.

This role offers extensive professional development and a collaborative, supportive team environment within a dedicated special school. Experience in SEND or caring roles is advantageous; comprehensive specialist training will be provided.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in SEND, care, nursing, or psychology is a distinct advantage, but comprehensive, specialist training will be provided.
• Strong communication with pupils, families and professionals is essential.

Aufgaben

• Deliver highly personalised learning and sensory activities under the guidance of class teachers and therapists.
• Assist with vital personal care, mobility, and medical/sensory regulation needs with dignity and respect.
• Use positive behaviour support strategies to create a safe, reassuring environment and understand student communication.
• Track and celebrate progress of students and milestones.

Kenntnisse

SEND experience

Communication

Team collaboration

Jobbeschreibung

Heaton School
St. James Road
Stockport
SK4 4RE
0161 432 1931

Teaching Assistant

• Salary: Scale 4 point 7
• Hours: 31 hours per week £19,545 to £20,883 pro rata actual salary
• Working Pattern: Term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Closing date: 18th October 2026
• Interview Date: 22nd October 2026
• Start Date: ASAP

About Us

At Heaton School we believe that every young person deserves an extraordinary education. We are a vibrant, dedicated secondary special school supporting students with highly complex learning, medical, and sensory needs. Our ethos is simple but powerful: we enjoy the journey, challenge the limits, celebrate every step, and achieve together.

The Role: Why You Matter? We are looking for a resilient, deeply empathetic, and proactive Teaching Assistant to join our specialist team. This isn’t a standard classroom role—it is an opportunity to make a profound, tangible difference in the lives of teenagers with complex needs (including severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning disabilities, and complex medical or behavioural profiles). You will be the bridge between vulnerability and independence.

Key Responsibilities

• Tailored Support: Deliver highly personalised learning and sensory activities under the guidance of class teachers and therapists.
• Holistic Care: Assist with vital personal care, mobility, and medical/sensory regulation needs with the utmost dignity and respect.
• Behavioural Communication: Look past behaviours to understand a student’s communication, using positive behaviour support strategies to create a safe, reassuring environment.
• Celebrate Progress: Track and celebrate the "small wins" that are actually massive milestones for our young people.

About You

• Resilient & Patient: Calm under pressure, adaptable, and understanding of complex behaviours.
• A Natural Communicator: Intuitive to non-verbal cues and eager to learn specialist communication methods (e.g., Makaton, PECS).
• An Active Team Player: Ready to collaborate closely with teachers, NHS therapists, and families.
• Passionate: Genuinely invested in advocating for young people with disabilities.

Experience in SEND, care, nursing, or psychology is a distinct advantage, but comprehensive, specialist training will be provided.

What We Offer You

• A deeply rewarding role where no two days are ever the same.
• Extensive, ongoing professional development (including specialist training in medical needs, communication tools, and positive behaviour intervention).
• A warm, fiercely supportive, and collaborative team environment.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to dual-verify references and undergo an enhanced DBS check.

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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