SEN Teaching Assistant Job Vacancy, Location: Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Benefits:
Salary: £21K - £22,900 per annum, Actual Salary
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent, Term Time Only
Hours: 40 Hours per week
Pension, Life Assurance, Health Plan
High Street Discounts
Opportunity to Gain Fully Funded Qualifications
Continuous Professional Development
About the Employer:
We are proud to be partnered with one of the UK's leading providers of Specialist Education Schools & Colleges (SEND) for Children, Young People, and Adults. The employer offers comprehensive support for a diverse range of needs, including Autism (ASD), ADHD, Social, Emotional, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, and additional complex needs or disabilities. Their commitment to delivering high-quality care and education makes them a trusted name in the sector.
Job Description:
As one of our new SEN Teaching Assistants, your role will be to support our children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment. Where necessary, this may include supporting with care needs from time to time, as well as positive behaviour management, adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.
Key Responsibilities:
Establish a warm, caring, and supportive relationship with pupils to help them feel safe and enable them to enjoy and learn during their time at the school.
Promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times.
Support the class teacher and contribute to providing high-quality, challenging, and differentiated educational activities and experiences through supporting the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aimed at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.
Qualifications and Personality:
Ideally relevant qualifications or experience in education or childcare.
A caring and patient personality with a strong commitment to supporting children with special educational needs.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
A proactive approach to professional development and a willingness to undertake further training as required.
Compliance
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and the employer is permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
About Us:
Social Care & Education Jobs is a National Permanent Recruitment Agency for the Adult Social Care, Children's Social Care & Specialist Education Sector. With over 20 years of experience, our registered manager-owned and led agency is passionate about the sector and dedicated to supporting both candidates and providers.