Job description
EBD/SEN Teaching Assistant
About the School
Prospero Teaching is looking for an experienced, motivated and resilient Teaching Assistant to support students in a Primary Mainstream school in Blackburn.
Although the school is a mainstream primary, there are a large amount of children with EHCP’s requiring 1:1 support.
Located in BB2, the school is easily accessed by public transport and has onsite parking available.
The position is open to all those experienced who have a background in youth work, sports coaching, support work, challenging behaviour, SEN or have any other experience of mentoring children. Depending on performance the school would look at either extending the contract or offering a permanent position.
CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS
1. Location – BB2, Blackburn
2. Position – SEN/EBD Teaching Assistant
3. Type of work – Classroom and 1:1 support
4. Contract or position start date – ASAP
5. Duration / Likely Duration – Full academic Year
6. Contract or position end date (if applicable) – On-going
7. Contract type (temp/perm/temp to perm) – Temporary – Permanent
8. Full time/part time – Full time
9. Minimum rate of pay – £95 per day
10. Hours – 8:30 am – 4:00pm : Mon – Fri (term time only)
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
11. Previous experience with SEN children and challenging behaviour.
12. LEVEL 2 Teaching Assistant/or equivalent and above is preferable
13. GCSE Maths and English and Computer literate
14. Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:
15. Hold Right to Work in the UK
16. Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application at the cost of £
17. Provide two professional child related references that cover at least the last two years