Support Assistant Severe Learning Difficulties - North Shields

Teaching Personnel are working in partnership with a SEND school in North Shields who are seeking a behaviour support assistant on a full time basis, to commence after February half term.

The role will involve working on a 1:1 basis with students across Key Stages 1 and 2; the students are in need of extra support and guidance primarily for their literacy, numeracy and science lessons. The main element of the role will be helping the children to engage with their learning, and encouraging personal and social development whilst managing challenging behaviour in lesson time. You will be expected to work collaboratively with other members of staff to manage and track pupil's behaviour and learning. You will be supporting students who display social, emotional and mental health difficulties who may display behaviour such as social anxiety and ADHD.

Ideally, the candidate will have experience working with social, emotional and mental health difficulties and challenging behaviour. The client school welcomes candidates with backgrounds in education, youth/social work, counselling and graduates. You will be passionate about improving the lives of young people, registration with Teaching Personnel will provide you will access to unique CPD opportunities, including an upcoming Team Teach training course which will highly benefit you in this role. You will be supported by a specialist team of SEN recruitment consultants with education backgrounds, who are well placed to enrol you onto your desired courses.

Teaching Personnel can offer behaviour support assistant's competitive pay rates of £270 - 350 per week, for the right candidate longer term rates can be negotiated on your behalf. This role will commence in February on a full time basis through school hours. Teaching Personnel work with a large number of SEN schools across the UK, if you are interested in registering to work through Teaching Personnel, to gain full time or part time work or to gain SEN experience please call us today for a confidential chat to hear more.