SEND Teaching Assistant

Protocol Education Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated learning support assistants to join their team in a specialist SEND school. This rewarding role involves supporting students with Autism and varying learning difficulties in a nurturing environment. Ideal candidates will possess emotional resilience, creativity, and a proactive approach to learning support. You will be part of a supportive team, receiving guidance from a dedicated SEN consultant while making a meaningful impact on students' lives. If you are passionate about education and eager to help students thrive, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Weekly Pay

Dedicated SEN Consultant

Full Compliance with AWR

Free Online Safeguarding Training

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people presenting challenging behaviours.
• Ability to engage learners with negative educational experiences.

Responsibilities

• Support students with academic, personal, and social development.
• Use a reflexive approach to meet learners' needs.

Skills

Emotional Resilience

Creativity

Compassion

Understanding

Proactivity

Education

Relevant Qualifications for Working with Children

Job description

We are working with a well-known SEND school in the heart of Wandsworth who are seeking learning support assistants/classroom support workers.

You will be supporting students with their academic, personal and social development. This role is demanding and challenging, but very rewarding. You will be supporting learners with Autism, moderate learning difficulties and varying levels of behaviour in a specialist learning environment. You'll be required to use a reflexive approach to learners, their learning and needs, and be able to work creatively and pro-actively. Emotional resilience and an ability to engage learners whom may have had a negative experience of education is a must, ideally you will have experience working in a similar environment.

Hours: 8:30-3:30 Mon-Fri

The ideal person:

• Working in a similar environment or other experience of working with young people whom may present challenging behaviours.
• Resilience and patience, compassion and understanding.
• An ability to be proactive, creative and empathetic.
• To adhere to the school's policies and practices.

In return we offer

• Excellent daily rates payed weekly through PAYE (No Umbrella Companies!)
• Support throughout your placements
• Access to a dedicated SEN consultant
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Worker Regulations)

Please note: We undertake safeguarding checks on all our workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education'. As part of these checks, we require a current Enhanced DBS Disclosure for everyone working in schools. If you do not have a valid subscription to the DBS Update Service, we will require you to complete a new DBS application as part of the registration process, at a cost of £40.00.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

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.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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