Teaching Assistant - SEN

Job Title: Teaching Assistant - SEN

Location: Effingham, Surrey

Type: Full-time / Part-time (permanent)

Hourly Rate: £12.99 - £13.89 per hour

Job Description: As a SEN Teaching Assistant for our client, you will play a crucial role in supporting the learning and development of our students with special educational needs. You will work closely with teachers to provide tailored support, ensuring that each student's unique needs are met. Your compassion, patience, and dedication will be key in helping our students achieve their goals.

Responsibilities:

• Take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils according to the school’s policies, including safeguarding and PREVENT.
• Provide meaningful feedback on pupil behaviour, relationships and attitudes.
• Support positive behaviour and concentration levels of the children and adapt own behaviour and responses to any change or escalations in behaviour of the children.
• Establish a positive relationship with pupils in order to support them in feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn.
• Promote and encourage independence and personal development and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times and support in the achievement of this.
• Implement, and when appropriate, adjust learning activities as agreed with the teacher. Reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers
• Support learning by arranging/providing resources for lessons/activities under the direction of the teacher.
• Implement learning activities and experiences, appropriate to the class group, by supporting the delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning. Pupils Attainment and Progress

Requirements:

• Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting  
• A recognised qualification at Level 2 or above in Support work for Teaching and Learning in Schools or an equivalent is desirable  
• GCSE Maths and English Language qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential.
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.  
• Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD  
• Ability to provide consistent support to our children
• The desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual  
• Be positive and creative in assisting to meet pupils’ individual needs
• Be able to take part in the school’s behaviour support approach, including physical intervention (accredited Team Teach) where necessary and always as a last resort.
• Ability to complete reports in a timely and accurate manner

Benefits:

• Life assurance
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Welcome bonus is payable in 2 payments - 50% following successful completion of probation and 50% after one year service 
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts.
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme.
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to Apply: If you are passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of students with special educational needs and want to join a caring and dedicated team, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV to ali.aslam@teachingpersonnel.com

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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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