SEND Teaching Assistant

East Midlands Councils/East Midlands Jobs; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Walton Holymoorside Primary School is seeking an experienced Teaching Assistant to support learning for children with SEND in Year 1. This role is mornings only and requires a flexible, caring approach and the ability to adapt teaching support to individual needs.

You will work with children with EHCPs, prepare learning materials, support welfare, and promote inclusion within a supportive team. Visits to the school are welcome.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children with SEND and EHCPs.
• Ability to work as part of a supportive team and adapt materials.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting pupil welfare.

Responsibilities

• Support learning for children with SEND in Year 1.
• Work with individual children and adapt teaching materials.
• Look after children’s welfare, including basic first aid duties.
• Promote inclusion and uphold school values in daily practice.
• Be flexible, caring and nurturing to enable personal best.

Skills

SEND experience

Teamwork

Adapt teaching support

First aid

Education

Level 3 Teaching Assistant (or equivalent)

Job description

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Walton Holymoorside Primary School is a warm and friendly place where expectations are high. We are committed to providing the very best opportunities for our children through a broad and inclusive curriculum which seeks to develop the whole child. Our staff are dedicated and passionate, with a sense of fun and commitment to every child.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Teaching Assistant who is able to support the learning of children with SEND. This role is mornings only, working in Year 1.

The successful candidates will be excellent classroom practitioners with experience of working with children with a range of needs and who are dedicated to enabling children to achieve their personal best.

They will:

Work with individual children with SEND and EHCPs.

Be able to work as part of a team

Prepare learning materials and adapt teaching support according to childrenʼs needs

Look after children's physical, social and emotional welfare-including first aid duties

Be creative and innovative

Have high expectations of achievement and behaviour

Be committed to promoting and upholding the school values and ethos

Promote and support the inclusion of all pupils, including those with specific needs.

Be motivated and passionate to achieve the very best for the children in our care and make a genuine difference

Use initiative to assess and evaluate pupils' needs

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are looking for someone with a flexible, positive, outgoing, caring and nurturing approach. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.

Teaching Assistant-SEN