Special Needs Teaching Assistant

Do you have personal experience supporting physical disabilities and want to kick start a career working in education?

Are you patient and resilient with a positive attitude?

Gain invaluable experience as a special needs teaching assistant working in a primary and secondary school well known across Wandsworth for the outstanding support of children with medical conditions.

If you live in Wandsworth or in South London send your updated CV today!

Having personal experience supporting physical disabilities or medical conditions is a great foundation when beginning work in special needs schools as you will have a good understanding of level of care that will be required.  Children within special need schools use a range of resources and support tools that those who have personal experience may already be aware of such as PECS (picture flashcards), visual timetables, Makaton, sensory play and moving and handling.

Special Needs Teaching Assistant positions are available in Wandsworth to start in September 2020 and will involve supporting children with learning and care on a 1:1 or small group basis. Children within the school are aged 2-19 years old with medical and social needs including disabilities, sensory needs, severe learning difficulties and speech difficulties.

The school have a with a keen interest in those with caring backgrounds from personal experience supporting disabilities to working as a health care assistant or support worker. This is due to the additional care that will be required such as personal care and moving and handling. Specialist training may be provided dependant on the pupils you will be supporting so being open to continued training and development is vital.

The school is based local to Wimbledon Park and Putney Station and is easily accessible across tube and train links in South London.

Requirements:

• Have either personal experience supporting disabilities or medical conditions (sibling, child, parent etc) or a caring background as a special needs teaching assistant, nursery assistant, health care assistant, support worker or respite carer
• Open to applications from graduates - Psychology, Sociology are preferred but all graduates welcome
• Must be available to start full-time in September 2020 Monday to Friday between 8:30 -4:00pm
• Must be confident supporting moderate to severe learning difficulties which could include deaf/blind, non-verbal and disabled pupils
• Must be open to supporting children with personal care, feeding and/or moving and handling (and open to training)
• Must be based in Wandsworth or in local areas
• Must have a positive attitude, pro-activity and be able to learn new skills quickly
• Makaton, PECS, Sign-a-long, British Sign Language, Moving and Handling, TEACCH, AAC, Team Teach (TT) de-escalation training is highly beneficial (TT training offered at a subsidised rate through Teaching Personnel)

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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