Support Worker/ Teaching Assistant - OXFORD

Teaching Personnel are looking to recruit an experienced Youth Worker or Behaviour Support Mentor for employment in an established Special Educational Needs School in Oxford. The post is to start ASAP, with the possibility of becoming a permanent member of staff.

We are currently recruiting for an SEN Teaching Assistant in the Oxford region. The position is at a specialist SEN school that caters for young people include ASD, ADHD, Complex needs, and obsessive compulsive disorder and attachment disorders. The school believes that all young people should be provided with appropriate education in a safe, stable, containing learning environment. Special needs teaching assistants are given opportunities to succeed through the use of highly personalised individual education plans to help support their students.

You'll need:

• Sensitivity and understanding
• Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• To enjoy working with other people
• The ability to accept criticism and work well under pressure
• To be flexible and open to change
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of teaching and the ability to design courses
• Knowledge of psychology

In this role you could be:

• Preparing learning materials under the supervision of the teacher
• Working inside or outside the classroom with individuals or groups
• Adapting support according to needs
• Looking after children's physical, social and emotional welfare
• Creating a stimulating environment
• Giving information and help to teachers
• Keeping records and attending review meeting

Teaching Personnel are the UK's leading Education Recruitment Agency and we are recruiting for similar vacancies across the Berkshire and Buckinghamshire area.

In order to register with Teaching Personnel, candidates are required to have Child Workforce DBS registered on the update service. All offers are conditional upon satisfactory vetting checks and references.