SEN Teaching Assistant New

Overview: SEN Teaching Assistant

Location: Leyland, nr Preston, Lancashire

Salary: £11.72 - £12.78 p/hr 

Hours: 40 hours per week – Term Time Only.  12-month contract.

 The school is an independent day school in Lancashire providing specialist education for young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties (SEMH). 

The role:

 Our Teaching Assistants support the 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 duties:

• Participate in the planning and evaluation of learning activities. 
• Provide meaningful feedback on pupil attainment and progress.
• Support the teacher in monitoring, assessing, recording and reporting pupils’ progress according to the school’s policies in order to monitor and foster pupils’ progress in all areas of learning.
• 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.
• Promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development and British values within the PSHE policy across the whole school.
• Promote pupils’ cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being through a whole Day Curriculum. 

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. 

Experience and Skills required:

• Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting .
• Full UK driving licence absolutely necessary, as you will be required to transport pupils to and from school and also engage in off-site enrichment activities which requires transportation.
• Working towards Level 2 award in Support work in schools or an equivalent is desirable.  
• GCSE Maths and English Level 2/C or above qualification is essential.
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.
• Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD

What’s on offer?

• Training and Development
• FREE Lunch! All staff are able to take advantage of school lunches whilst onsite, at no cost along with free teas and coffees
• Save money on your bills!!
• Competitive Pay and Reward
• UK Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a friend for £1,000

How to apply?

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.  This application will be made upon successful shortlisting with the dedicated consultant at Teaching Personnel.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

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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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