SEN Teaching Assistant

Teaching Personnel Ltd.; Wotton-under-Edge; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD Academy

Dedicated Recruitment Consultant

Competitive weekly pay

Long-term and short-term placements

Job summary

Teaching Personnel Ltd. are seeking an SEN Teaching Assistant to work 1:1 with a Year 2 pupil with additional needs. The role starts ASAP and may continue until the end of the academic year, with a potential move to a permanent contract. You will support social and emotional development and assist across the school day, including classroom sessions, trips and on-site learning, in a calm, inclusive environment that promotes progress.

Qualifications

• Previous Teaching Assistant experience or child-based experience is required.
• Experience with SEN is advantageous but not mandatory.
• Knowledge or understanding of SEN needs is essential.
• Confident approach to working with children is important.
• An enthusiasm to learn and develop professionally.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 support for a Year 2 pupil with additional needs during the school day.
• Support social and emotional development in various settings including trips and classroom sessions.
• Deliver small intervention sessions to create a comfortable learning environment.

Skills

1:1 support

SEN knowledge

Confident with children

Educational background

Education

Relevant education background

Job description

Teaching Personnel are requiring an SEN Teaching Assistant to work 1:1 with a Year 2 pupil with additonal needs. This would be to start ASAP and would potentially be until the end of the academic year (with a possibility of progressing onto contract).

The Role

• The student that you will be working with requires support with their social and emotional development. They require full time support during the school day including classroom sessions, on school trips and out of classroom learning.
• You will be working with the pupil on a 1:1 basis. You will work in small intervention sessions to provide a unique and comfortable learning environment.

Successful Candidate

• Can offer previous Teaching Assistant experience or child based experience of a relevant age group.
• Previous Experience working with a child with SEN would be advantageous but the role is open to any teaching assistants who would like to develop their SEN knowledge.
• A knowledge or understanding of SEN needs.
• A confident approach to working with children
• An educational background
• An enthusiasm to learn and develop professionally
• A enhanced DBS Teaching Personnel can assist with this.

Benefits of working with Teaching Personnel…

Working with Teaching Personnel has many benefits. We offer competitive weekly pay; we have long term opportunities as well as short term placements which gives you the opportunity to be flexible and work when suits you; We have a CPD Academy which enables you to progress whilst working under us and you will have your own personal Recruitment Consultant dedicated to providing you not only work but the best work for you.

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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