SEN Teaching Assistant
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Are you looking to work within an SEN environment?
Are you ready to make change in young people’s lives?
We are pleased to be recruiting Teaching Assistants to work in school that caters for pupils aged 2 – 19 with Moderate to Severe Learning Difficulites (MLD & SLD) and Profound and Multiple Learning difficulties (PMLD) including Autism (ASC). If you wish to be part of this fantastic team you should:
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Be a committed to supporting vulnerable children
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Have experience of working with children that have special needs, ideally in a school setting
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Have a calm and caring personality
- Be comfortable with personal care
Children are placed into smaller classes based on their individual needs, with staff who have a wealth of experience and skills. The classrooms are all different and are designed around the individual needs of the children in that group.
Your role would be to implement a personalised learning plan designed by the school and class teacher. These plans are often centred around play and visual based learning with a heavy emphasis on character building and social development.
To be successful in your application, you must be able to provide evidence of this as skills and experience.
Working hours are Monday to Friday, 9am-3:40pm approximately. We are considering candidates with full time and part time availability.
What you can expect from Teaching Personnel:
- A dedicated consultant to discuss current or future roles with you
- An extensively discounted CPD program
- Payment in house, meaning no fees from Umbrella companies
- GBP10 an hour pay
- 13 weeks off per year
If this opportunity sounds like something you would really excel in, or if you want to hear about other Teaching Assistant vacancies, please send over your up to date CV.
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.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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