SEN Teaching Assistant - SRP

Even Swindon Primary School; Swindon; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD opportunities

Career progression

Pension scheme

Staff well-being support

Job summary

Even Swindon Primary School seeks a dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant to join our Specialist Resourced Provision. You will support children with SLCN in both SRP and mainstream classes, fostering independent learning, confidence and wellbeing through patient, responsive communication.

You will work closely with teachers, parents and external professionals in a nurturing, collaborative environment, contributing to high standards of behaviour and achievement across the school.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children who have SLCN.
• Understanding of how children learn most effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to respond with appropriate language.
• Commitment to high standards of behaviour and achievement.
• Signalong experience preferred with training available.

Responsibilities

• Support children to engage in lessons within the SRP and mainstream classes.
• Promote independent learning, confidence and wellbeing.
• Collaborate with teachers, parents and external professionals.
• Contribute to high standards of behaviour and achievement across the school.

Skills

Empathy

Listening

Communication skills

Team player

SEN experience

Signalong familiarity

Tools

Signalong

Job description

We are looking to appoint a dedicated and nurturing SEN Teaching Assistant to join our warm and inclusive team within our Specialist Resourced Provision. Working collaboratively with teachers, parents and external professionals, you will play an important role in creating a consistent and nurturing environment in which the children can thrive. You will be supporting children to engage in lessons both within the SRP and their mainstream classes and be proactive in supporting independent learning, confidence and wellbeing.

Hours would be Monday - Friday, 8.30am to 3.00pm with a 1 hour SEN meeting after school every other week.

We are a large, popular primary school with over 600 children on roll aged 2 - 11 including a Special Resourced Provision for children with SLCN. We require a caring, highly motivated and dedicated practitioner who is able to demonstrate consistently high standards. They will have skills of empathy, listening, and excellent communication skills and be able to respond with appropriate language to build a rapport with children, carers and colleagues.

The successful candidate will have some previous experience of working with children who have SLCN. They will also have an understanding of how children learn most effectively, be a team player with good interpersonal skills, and be committed to high standards of behaviour and achievement. Some experience of using signalong is preferred, although training will be available.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

We are part of the Blue Kite Academy Trust, a growing family of primary schools based in Swindon and Wiltshire, who offer excellent CPD and career opportunities, a competitive salary with scope for progression, a commitment to nationally agreed pay and terms, an excellent pension scheme and free staff health and well-being support.