SEN Teaching Assistant: Phonics & ASD Support (EYFS)

REESON Education; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

REESON Education is assisting a welcoming Barnet primary school to recruit an experienced SEN Teaching Assistant to support children with special educational needs. This role focuses on one-to-one support and collaborative work within a mainstream setting.

The successful candidate will support early phonics and literacy, help build reading foundations, and work closely with the EYFS Lead to create a nurturing, structured learning environment for young learners.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children with Autism (ASD) in EYFS/SEND settings
• Good understanding of early phonics, phonemic awareness and early reading development
• Confident delivering early literacy activities and phonics taught by the class team
• Able to engage learning through songs, rhymes, stories and practical activities
• Calm and consistent in supporting children with communication, sensory or behavioural challenges

Responsibilities

• Flexible role supporting children on a 1:1 basis as well as more general support in the classroom
• Provide targeted support with early phonics and literacy, developing awareness of sounds, letters and early reading skills
• Support phonics activities and interventions planned by the EYFS Lead, reinforcing key sounds and early reading concepts through engaging activities
• Help children develop phonemic awareness, listening skills, sound recognition and early blending at an appropriate level
• Encourage communication and language development alongside early literacy, using repetition, modelling and visual supports where appropriate
• Adapt phonics and literacy activities to meet individual children's communication, sensory and developmental needs
• Use songs, rhymes, stories and practical activities to develop phonological awareness and enjoyment of language
• Support children with transitions, sensory needs, personal care and daily routines as required
• Work with the EYFS Lead and other SEN Teaching Assistants to provide a consistent and structured learning environment
• Encourage children's confidence, independence and engagement with learning through positive and nurturing support

Job description

REESON Education is assisting a welcoming Barnet primary school to recruit an experienced SEN Teaching Assistant to support children with special educational needs. This role focuses on one-to-one support and collaborative work within a mainstream setting.

The successful candidate will support early phonics and literacy, help build reading foundations, and work closely with the EYFS Lead to create a nurturing, structured learning environment for young learners.