SEN Teaching Assistant

Teach-Now; Welwyn; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured intervention programmes

Professional development

Supportive SEND team

Job summary

Teach Now is seeking a SEN Teaching Assistant with strong Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) experience for a supportive secondary-school setting in Hertfordshire.

You will work with students whose communication needs may affect their confidence, social interaction, understanding of instructions or ability to access the curriculum. You will collaborate with teachers and the SEND team to implement strategies and support pupil development.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children or young people with speech, language or communication needs.
• Secondary-school or SEND experience is highly desirable.
• Excellent spoken and written communication.
• Knowledge of visual communication strategies (Makaton or similar is advantageous).

Responsibilities

• Providing 1:1 and small-group support for students with SLCN.
• Reinforcing communication programmes and strategies used by the school.
• Breaking down instructions and curriculum language into accessible steps.
• Using visual supports, modelling and structured communication techniques.
• Helping students build confidence when speaking and participating in lessons.
• Recording progress and feeding back to SEN staff.
• Supporting students across different curriculum subjects.

Skills

SEN experience

1:1 support

Communication

Makaton knowledge

Patience and empathy

Education

Enhanced DBS

Right to work in the UK

Tools

Visual communication strategies

Makaton (or similar)

Job description

Location: Hertfordshire

Contract: Full-time, Long-term Temporary

Teach Now is seeking a SEN Teaching Assistant with strong Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) experience for a supportive secondary-school setting in Hertfordshire.

The successful candidate will work with students whose communication needs may affect their confidence, social interaction, understanding of instructions or ability to access the curriculum independently.

You will work alongside teachers and the school’s SEND team, supporting strategies recommended by speech and language professionals and helping students develop the communication skills they need both academically and socially.

Your Role Will Include

• Providing 1:1 and small-group support for students with SLCN.
• Reinforcing communication programmes and strategies used by the school.
• Breaking down instructions and curriculum language into accessible steps.
• Using visual supports, modelling and structured communication techniques where appropriate.
• Helping students build confidence when speaking and participating in lessons.
• Recording progress and feeding back to SEN staff.
• Supporting students across different curriculum subjects.

Requirements

• Experience supporting children or young people with speech, language or communication needs.
• Previous secondary-school or SEND experience is highly desirable.
• Excellent spoken and written communication.
• Knowledge of visual communication strategies, Makaton or similar approaches would be advantageous.
• Ability to work sensitively and patiently with young people.
• Enhanced DBS and right to work in the UK.

The School Can Offer

• Close collaboration with an experienced SEND team.
• Structured intervention programmes and clear student support plans.
• Opportunities to develop specialist SEN experience.
• Supportive teachers who value the contribution of support staff.
• Professional development throughout the placement.

Salary is dependent on experience and qualifications.

Teach Now operates stringent safer recruitment procedures.

We are committed to promoting equality and challenging discrimination.

Teach Now is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post will be subject to an Enhanced DBS Clearance.