SEN Teaching Assistant
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Are you a caring individual who is passionate about offering help to pupils who may provide extra support?
Do you have a background in care or working with SEN in education?
Teaching Personnel are recruiting for an SEN TA within Colchester, this role would be a starting ASAP and has the potential to become a full time, permanent role ! You would be required to offer support to pupils across KS3, and 4 with SEMH- therefore experience working with this form of SEN would be hugely beneficial. You would be an integral part of this Specialist School and be joining a team of committed and friendly staff.
Requirements of the role:
- Provide support to the pupils daily school activities
- Behaviour guidance
- Monitoring the pupils progress and development throughout the school day
- Supporting the class teacher within lessons and with preparation outside of lesson time
The ideal candidate:
- Background in care or SEN
- Teaching assistant experience
- Experience working with SEN on a 1:1 basis
- Enhanced Child Workforce DBS on the Update service
- Experience with SEMH
If this sounds like something you would be interested in we would love to hear form you- alternatively if this doesn’t sound like the right role for you get in touch on 01245 690935 and see what other educational roles we have available in your area!
Teaching Personnel can offer you:
- Pay – Weekly pay based on your skills, experience, flexibility and availability
- myTP – Digital services that make your work admin and communication simple
- A dedicated personal consultant who will support you through your registration and work journey!
- Teaching Personnel’s CPD Academy – Your Continuous Professional Development
- Pay via PAYE – allowing you to take home as much of your pay as possible while also giving you access to an employee pension that TP will contribute into
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see teachingpersonnel.com/faqs for 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.
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