Blackstone Recruitment are working with a provider of education, care and support services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities who are recruiting for a SEN Teaching Assistant.
Please see details below for the full job advert:
Location: Surrey
Salary: £12.31 - £13.16 per hour (£21,995.67 - £23,514.45 actual salary dependant on qualifications) Plus £1000 Welcome bonus *
Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time only - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 4.45pm. Thursday 5pm and Friday 4pm
The role:
They’re looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to join their team. The successful candidate will be supporting the teacher within the class. The school has autistic students are aged between 11 – 16, they have associated behavioural and communication difficulties. Some pupils may have multiple learning difficulties.
Experience:
Successful candidate is likely to demonstrate the following:
- 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
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.
Skills & Qualifications:
Successful candidate qualities:
- 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 schools 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
What’s in it for you? / Why Should You Apply?
- 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.
Blackstone Benefits:
Permanent jobs:
✅Assigned specialised recruitment consultant
✅Access to exclusive and flexible UK locum and permanent jobs
✅Complete onboarding support
✅Informed tailored career advice
✅Personalised job alerts
✅Unlimited referral bonus
For further information on this role, please contact Biren Daiya at Blackstone Recruitment on the details provided or APPLY now.