Connex - North East
SEND Teaching Assistant
Stockton-On-Tees
Up to £500 per week
About the role
Connex Education is recruiting for a SEND Teaching Assistant position at a pupil referral unit in the Teesside area. The role involves supporting Key Stage 3 and 4 students who are at risk of permanent exclusion from mainstream education. This is a full-time opportunity specifically designed for candidates based in Teesside or surrounding areas. The position requires working with vulnerable young people who have special educational needs and disabilities, providing crucial support to help prevent educational exclusion. This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on students’ educational journeys during a critical period in their schooling.
About the School/Organisation:
As a SEND Teaching Assistant, you will support children with learning difficulties functioning below age expectations, including SEMH needs. The role involves working with pupils using EHCPs to help them achieve their educational goals while preventing mainstream school exclusion. Candidates must be hardworking, resilient, and passionate about transforming children’s lives. This full-time position offers the opportunity to support vulnerable young people with special educational needs during critical educational stages. The ideal candidate will demonstrate commitment to helping at-risk students succeed academically and personally within a specialised educational environment.
Assignment Details:
The full-time Monday-Friday role starts September 2025, supporting pupils using EHCPs to achieve their educational goals and prevent mainstream exclusion. Candidates must have experience working with young people with varied special educational needs, demonstrating resilience, hard work, and passion for transforming children’s lives. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference for vulnerable students during critical educational stages within a specialised learning environment.
In return, Connex Education Partnership will offer you:
- Competitive daily rate
- PAYE paid weekly
- Free access to our accredited CPD platform
- Career progression opportunities via our conversion
- courses
- Wellbeing programme and refresher training for life in a 21st century classroom
- Trainee teacher apprenticeship opportunities
As a successful SEND Teaching Assistant with Connex Education Partnership, you will possess:
- Hold a relevant Qualification in SEND or Teaching Assistant
- Have experience working with individuals with SEN
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Confident in your behaviour management skills
- Calm, resilient and able to communicate well with young people
- Hold a current DBS on the update service or willing to apply for a new one through Connex
- Team Teach trained- preferred
- Be able to show proof of work in the UK
If you are interested or would like to discuss more supply opportunities with hundreds of local schools, please apply today!
All offers are conditional upon satisfactory background checks, including a DBS check. All appointments will be made subject to a DBS check. Connex Education Partnership is committed to a policy of equal opportunities. We respect and value cultural and religious diversity and will not discriminate based on age, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, religion, culture, marital status or disability. Everyone is assessed on merit alone. Pay rate is determined on qualification and experience.
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