Teaching Assistant Position: Special Needs Provision, Reading

We are currently recruiting for Teaching Assistants to join the team of a Special Educational Needs School in Reading for the current academic year- starting as soon as possible!

The school caters for a wide variety of special educational needs including Autism, ADHD, Social Emotional Mental Health Needs, Speech and Communication Difficulties and Physical Disabilities. The current vacancies are to work with early years or primary children with Autism and associated needs. The class sizes are small with no more 8 pupils. Each class will have a qualified teacher and numerous support staff on hand. Your role will be to support the social and academic development of all pupils in the class. You may also get the chance to work as a key worker for 1 or 2 children who require more focused support.

The school ideally require teaching assistants who have experience working with Autism. This can be in either a mainstream school or specialist school. The Head Teacher also understands that some people may be interested in such role and have little or no experience. His view is that the experience can only come from being given an opportunity. Something he is more than happy to provide. As long as you have a genuine interest in working with Special Needs, enthusiastic and happy to learn and get stuck in, he is happy to accept those with little or no experience with Special Needs. The school will also give you the opportunity to learn from highly experienced support staff and provide any relevant training to allow you to succeed.

To find out more about this exciting opportunity please get in contact with Rudy on 01183271595