Connex - Derby
SEN Teaching Assistant
Retford
Earn up to £550 per week, pay is dependent on qualifications and most recent experience
About the Role:
Connex Education are currently working very closely with a great school in Newark who will be looking for a higher level teaching assistant to join the team, supporting a SEN pupil. Experience with ADHD and challenging behaviour is highly desirable for this post.
Assignment Details:
For this role we are looking for staff who can start in January and commit until July as a minimum, potentially longer due to the pupils time extending in school. You will be working 1:1 with a lovely pupil who is needing some dedicated support to
Benefits of working with Connex Education:
- Competitive daily rate.
- PAYE paid weekly.
- Free access to our SEND Toolkit skills development package comprising over 19 courses.
- Funded formal qualifications, from Level 2 SEND, Level 3 Teaching and Learning, Level 4 HLTA and Level 5 TEFL.
- Career progression via our Care to Classroom setting conversion course.
- Wellbeing programme and refresher training for life in a 21st century classroom.
- Trainee teacher apprenticeship opportunities.
Person Specification:
- Have some experience working with young people with SEND in either a school setting or a similar environment
- Be confident in your ability to support students with varied needs and/or challenging behaviours
- Hold strong communication skills both orally and written.
- Able to follow EHCP and care/learning plans effectively if needed too (not essential)
- Willing to undergo continual professional training.
- Be reliable and committed to working within an education environment
- Able to work under pressure effectively and ‘think on your feet’
- Ambitious and enthusiastic with a ‘can do attitude’ and good sense of humour.
If you are interested in this post, or would like to discuss any further opportunities, 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.
Connex Education Partnership is an employment agency and employment business.
