SEN Teaching Assistant

Key Details:

• Full time, permanent
• Based in Kingston

We are recruiting for an SEN Teaching Assistant to join the team in an SEN secondary school which caters for those aged 11-16, with autism and communication difficulties. If you want to and make a difference to young pupils' lives, please see further details below:

Key Duties:

• To establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School.
• To promote and encourage independence and personal development
• Support the Class Teacher in all areas of the day to day running of the class
• To respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and adapt to any task presented to achieve the smooth running of the school. Some physical intervention may be needed upon occasion, full training on this will be provided.
• To promote pupils' cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being.

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.
• Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD

Interested?

If you're interested or would like to find out more, please apply with your updated CV and I will be in contact to go through more details.