Teaching Assistant

Do you have a background in SEMH, SEBD or ASD? Have you had experience with challenging behaviour? Do you have Team Teach or MAPA training?

This specialist school based in Poole is looking for a special needs teaching assistant with experience of working with challenging children and young people. This is a specialist SEN school that caters for young people include depression, ASD, ADHD, Complex needs, obsessive compulsive disorder and attachment disorders.

Special needs teaching assistants will have the opportunity to work in this outstanding school with an international reputation in special education expertise, curriculum and resources.

Special needs teaching assistants must have experience working with mental health problems and complex SEN needs.

This 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.

The Therapeutic Education Department works closely with the nurses, doctors and therapists at the centre and with a wide range of professionals in the community.

This role starts ASAP

- Special needs teaching assistants will need excellent behaviour management skills
- Be able to build positive relationships with young people and staff
- Team Teach or similar restraint training certificate
- Good knowledge/experience working with children with SEMH within an Special needs environment
- Special needs teaching assistants will need experience working with secondary aged pupils

If you are interested in this position, please contact Liv asap!