SEND Teaching Assistant

Teaching Vacancies; Derby; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Teacher’s Pension Scheme or local gov.

Training & professional development

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies is seeking a dedicated SEN Support Assistant to work with children with special educational needs, including autism and more complex needs. You will contribute to targeted interventions, monitor progress, and support effective communication with families.

You will collaborate with a caring team, adapt your communication approach to individual children, and be ready to undertake personal care duties when required, while upholding dignity and safety.

Qualifications

• Experience or knowledge of working with children with special educational needs, esp. autism and complex needs
• Knowledge of supporting children with speech, language and communication difficulties
• Experience delivering targeted interventions (e.g., attention autism)
• Able to work effectively as part of a team
• Flexible in communication to meet individual child needs and build relationships with parents
• Familiar with Education Health Care Plans and following targets/provision or open to training
• Can monitor and contribute to assessment and recording of development
• Adaptive and proactive in supporting the child and others in class
• Experience delivering planned interventions and monitoring progress
• Confident teaching individual pupils and small groups to accelerate progress
• Understands behaviour as communication; uses relational and nurturing approaches
• Willing to undertake personal care tasks including nappies, toileting, intimate care and hygiene, essential for role
• Committed to promoting dignity, privacy, safety and independence in personal care
• Willing to training to support pupils with complex physical/medical needs (moving, handling, mobility, positioning, medical care)
• Patient, resilient, empathetic and responsive to changing needs of children

Responsibilities

• Support children with complex needs and implement planned interventions
• Contribute to monitoring and recording children’s development and share information
• Work collaboratively with staff to meet individual education and care needs
• Provide personal care and assist with mobility and hygiene when required
• Adapt communication to meet the needs of each child and involve parents in progress updates
• Deliver targeted interventions to accelerate progress for individuals and groups
• Support behavioural strategies using a relational and nurturing approach
• Attend training to support pupils with physical and medical needs as required

Skills

SEN experience

Autism awareness

Team player

Flexible communication

Parent liaison

EHC plan knowledge

Assessment & recording

Personal care

Moving & handling training

Patience & resilience

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for someone who:

• Has recent experience or knowledge of working with children with special educational needs, particularly those with autism and more complex needs
• Has a knowledge and understanding of supporting children with speech, language and communication difficulties
• Has experience of delivering targeted intervention such as attention autism
• Works effectively as a part of a team
• Is flexible in their communication approach to meet the needs of the child in different situations and is committed to building strong relationships with parents
• Is familiar with working with Education Health Care Plans and following targets and provision or open to training
• Can monitor and contribute to the assessment and recording of children’s development and be involved in the sharing of this information
• Is adaptive and uses their time proactively to support the child they are working with and others within the class
• Has knowledge and experience of delivering planned interventions and monitoring progress
• Is confident teaching individual pupils and small groups to accelerate progress
• Understands behaviour is communication and is confident using a relational and nurturing approach
• Is willing and confident to undertake all aspects of personal care, including nappy changing, toileting, intimate care and supporting children's personal hygiene. This is an essential requirement of the role.
• Is committed to promoting children's dignity, privacy, safety and independence when providing personal care.
• Is willing to undertake appropriate training to support pupils with complex physical and medical needs, which may include moving and handling, mobility, positioning and specific medical care procedures, should the needs of pupils attending the school require this.
• Is patient, resilient, empathetic and able to respond positively to the changing and sometimes challenging needs of individual children.

What the school offers its staff

• Delightful children who are happy to be at school and enjoy their learning.
• A thriving school where a high value is placed on the care and well-being of every child.
• A dedicated, enthusiastic and hardworking staff and a committed and determined Governing Board.
• Membership of the Teacher’s Pension Scheme or local government pension scheme, as applicable
• Opportunities for training and professional development

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.