SEN Teaching Assistant

SEN Teaching Assistant

Salary £12.87 - £14.03 p/hr (actual pay: £22,996 to £25,068)

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time Term Time Only

Location: Leyland, Lancashire

Hours: 40 Hours per week

We are currently seeking an SEN Teaching Assistant to join anindependent day school in Lancashire providing specialist education for young people aged 9-16 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties (SEMH).

The role:

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 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 the whole Curriculum.

Experience and Skills required:

• Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting
• Undertake Team Teach certification within probation period is essential
• Full UK driving licence as there is a requirement to transport pupils to and from school and engage in off-site enrichment activities which requires transportation
• Willingness to work towards L3 Teaching Assistant award or equivalentis desirable
• GCSE Maths and English Level 2/C or above qualification
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.
• Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD
• Commitment to the role, the desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual
• Be positive and creative in meeting pupils' needs