Specialist SEND Teaching Assistant - Immediate Start

Rising Hope Education Ltd; Barking; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Rising Hope Education is urgently recruiting a Specialist SEND Teaching Assistant to join a specialist SEN school for an immediate start. This full-time role supports pupils with special educational needs, offering meaningful relationships and ongoing development for the remainder of the academic year.

You’ll work with teachers and SEND professionals to provide individualised support from 08:30 to 16:00, Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• Experience in SEND is valuable, especially with autism, communication needs or sensory needs.
• Ability to support non-speaking pupils and use visual supports.
• Patience, resilience and willingness to work within a specialist environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide consistent, individualized support throughout the school day.
• Support pupils with autism and communication needs.
• Help pupils access learning at an appropriate level.
• Assist pre-verbal or non-speaking pupils to communicate using PECS or similar.
• Support sensory and emotional regulation and transitions between activities.

Skills

Autism

Communication needs

ADHD

Learning disabilities

Sensory needs

Job description

Rising Hope Education is urgently recruiting a Specialist SEND Teaching Assistant to join a specialist SEN school for an immediate start. This full-time role supports pupils with special educational needs, offering meaningful relationships and ongoing development for the remainder of the academic year.

You’ll work with teachers and SEND professionals to provide individualised support from 08:30 to 16:00, Monday to Friday.