Special Educational Needs Teaching Assistant

Special Educational Needs Teaching Assistant

Teaching Personnel is working alongside one of their client Secondary schools in Salford, aiding them in recruiting a new Special Educational Needs Teaching Assistant. Due to a last minute staffing gap, our client school are hoping to recruit a new Teaching Assistant to join their current Support department.

Our client school is based in Salford and can be accessed via the M60 and A580 from areas such as Bolton and Bury. For non-drivers, the school can be accessed via several forms of public transport from the surrounding areas of Greater Manchester.

• Part-time SEN Teaching Assistant role available from September 2019.
• Opportunity to work in a 'Good' Ofsted rated Secondary school.
• Support students with Special Educational Needs both inside and outside the classroom.
• Earn up to £350 per week, depending on your experience.

Roles and responsibilities

• The successful candidate will support pupils with special educational needs across Key Stage 3 and 4 and in a number of different subject areas.
• Monitor progress and report this back to other members of the support department.
• Work with children in small groups and on a 1:1 basis when withdrawn from mainstream lessons.
• Attend to pupil's personal needs and implement related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters.
• Through the use of schedules, support students in understanding instructions from the class teacher.
• Monitor pupils' behaviour and promote positive behaviour management.

Application Requirements

• You must have experience working with children or young people or have skills that can be transferred to the educational sector.
• Any experience with SEN or behavioural difficulties is also necessary.

Our client school is based in Salford and can be accessed via the M60 and A580 from areas such as Bolton and Bury. For non-drivers, the school can be accessed via several forms of public transport from the surrounding areas of Greater Manchester.

For immediate consideration please submit a CV to Megan Knight. For further information, please contact the Manchester West Secondary Office on 0161 242 1799.