Teaching Assistant of Complex Needs New

  Teaching Assistant for Complex Needs

Location: Cardiff.
Start date: November 2024.
Pay: £13+ per hour.

If you have personal or professional experience working with complex needs and would like an opportunity to make a difference everyday, this could be the perfect role for you.

Details of the role:

• Full-time during term-time, Monday to Friday 08:15am-15:30pm.
• Working within a special needs resource base in a thriving secondary school in Cardiff.
• Closely assisting a pupil to enhance their wellbeing, offer personal care and support with their school work.
• In a close knit team, strive to make a positive impact within the base.
• Offer skills and guidance to enhance life skills for the pupils to utilise outside of the school environment.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Experience with complex needs (personal or professional).
• Able and willing to do toileting, personal care and tube feeding (training can be provided).
• Caring, understanding and patient and able to effectively communicate with different ages and abilities within a secondary setting 11-16 years of age.
• An ability to act on own initiative and be pro-active within the base.
• Passionate about supporting pupils with additional needs and wanting to make a positive difference on their livelihood and school work.

The school you’d be joining:

• Large secondary school within the Cardiff area with a fantastic reputation and friendly support team.
• Access to public transport links and onsite car parking for staff.
• Continued opportunity for growth within the school.
• The school are hoping to secure someone who is looking for a career within the additional needs base and willing to take on training courses to develop.

Next Steps:

1. Apply today by sending your CV.
2. Interviews are being held over the following 3 weeks.
3. Vetting process will start immediately if successful during shortlisting.

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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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