Teaching Assistant

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This SEN school is part of a UK wide group of Special Needs Schools. The 6th largest provider in the UK

They have an amazing benefits and will pay for all your training

SEN Teaching Assistant

Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire East

Salary: £11.72 - £13.72 per hour depending on experience and qualifications approximately £18,813 - £21,000

Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time Only. 8.30am - 4.30pm

Contract: Permanent and 12 months fixed term contract available

This is a brand new independent specialist school for young people aged 5 to 19, who face difficulties as a result of complex communication needs typically associated with Autism spectrum conditions.

Skills and Qualifications:

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:

• Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting??
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own car
• GCSE Maths and English Level 3 or above qualification is essential.?
• A recognised qualification at Level 2 or above in Support work for Teaching and Learning in Schools or an equivalent?is desirable???
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.?
• Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD?
• Ability to adapt
• The desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual?
• Be positive and creative in assisting to meet pupils’ individual needs?

Benefits:

• Life assurance
• Competitive Pension
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Free membership to Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

Key duties:

As a Teaching Assistant, your role is to support 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.

You will be expected 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, and to promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils while maintaining high expectations of behaviour at all times.

You will 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 aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.

Like many SEN environments; your duties are likely to vary and therefore candidates will need to be flexible and be able to lend a hand whenever required.

Integritas Education Recruitment and School Staffing Ltd are acting as employment businesses for this position.

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

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and we are therefore 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.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

As a result of the volume of applications, If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received, then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion.