SEN Teaching Assistant | Specialist Primary School

Bury | Teaching Personnel |

Make a Difference Where It Matters Most

Are you passionate about supporting children with additional needs? Do you want a rewarding career where no two days are the same and every achievement is worth celebrating?

Teaching Personnel is looking for a compassionate and dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant to join a highly supportive Specialist Primary School in Bury this September.

This incredible setting supports pupils aged 3 to 11 years with a range of complex learning needs, including:

✅ Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
✅ Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD)
✅ Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD)

The school's mission is simple: to help every child build confidence, independence, communication skills, and achieve their full potential in a nurturing and inclusive environment.

✨ The Role

As an SEN Teaching Assistant, you'll play a vital role in helping pupils access learning, develop life skills, and reach their individual goals.

Working alongside teachers, therapists, and specialist staff, you'll provide tailored support that makes a genuine difference to children's daily lives.

Your Responsibilities

Support pupils on a 1:1 basis and in small groups

Assist with personalised learning programmes linked to EHCP targets

Adapt classroom activities to meet individual needs and learning styles

Use communication strategies such as:

• PECS
• Makaton
• Visual Timetables
• AAC Systems

Deliver sensory, play-based, and experiential learning opportunities

Encourage positive behaviour through patience, consistency, and relationship-building

Promote emotional wellbeing, independence, and confidence

Support personal care needs including:

• Feeding
• Toileting
• Changing
• Mobility assistance (where required)

Help create a safe, engaging, and inclusive learning environment

What We're Looking For

Essential

✔ Experience supporting children or young people with SEN

✔ Understanding of ASD, SLD, PMLD, or complex learning needs

✔ A patient, caring, and resilient approach

✔ Excellent communication and teamwork skills

✔ Confidence supporting pupils with varying needs

✔ Ability to adapt and think creatively

✔ Commitment to a full-time, long-term role

✔ Comfortable supporting personal care when required

Desirable

⭐ Knowledge of PECS, Makaton, AAC, or alternative communication methods

⭐ Teaching Assistant qualification or SEND-related training

⭐ Previous experience within a specialist or SEND setting

Why Join Through Teaching Personnel?

✅ Competitive weekly pay

✅ Long-term and permanent opportunities

✅ Specialist SEND training and ongoing CPD

✅ Dedicated support from an experienced education consultant

✅ Opportunity to work alongside therapists and SEND professionals

✅ A truly rewarding role where you can transform lives every day

Apply Today

If you're ready to inspire, encourage, and support children with additional needs in a role that offers both challenge and reward, we'd love to hear from you.

Every small step is a huge achievement.

Join Teaching Personnel and help make those moments happen.

Apply now and start your specialist education journey in Bury this September!