Role: 1:1 Teaching Assistant
Location: Dawlish
Start: As soon as possible
Contract: Full time (opportunity to become permanent)
Salary: Starting at £14.45 per hour
Long-Term Teachers is proud to support an outstanding all-through special school based in Dawlish, who are looking to expand their close-knit, hardworking team of support staff. If you’re an experienced, passionate and hardworking teaching assistant looking for your next rewarding role, look no further!
About the role:
As the school supports students aged 3 - 19, there are great opportunities to utilise your skills and areas of strengths. As a teaching assistant, you will be supporting the classroom teacher and working closely to support students with their academic and emotional wellbeing.
About the school:
* Supports students aged 3 - 19 with complex needs, including autism, ADHD, communication and learning difficulties.
* Open, bright learning spaces with an abundance of outdoor space
* Small classes (maximum 10 students)
* Outstanding facilities including a swimming pool, forest school, bike trail and much more
* Incredibly friendly and supportive staffing team
* Family dining
* Abundance of extra-curricular activities and opportunities
Who we are looking for:
* Previous experience in an educational setting is desirable but not essential. Experience working in care or personal experience with SEN allows for an excellent transition into this role
* Resilient, proactive and enthusiastic
* Excellent knowledge of special educational needs and strategies to support young people
* Excellent team-player
* Able to communicate effectively with students, staff and relevant professionals
* Enhanced DBS on the update service (or willingness to get one)
* Driver would be preferred
This role will be working term time only, working 08:45 - 15:45, Monday - Friday. If you feel like you would be a great asset to our school, we would love to hear from you!
Working with Long-term Teachers:
We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.
LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.
Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.
We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.
In addition you will receive:
* Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities
* Permanent job roles
* Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process
* Working to Agency Workers Regulations
* Interview preparation, advice and support
* Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay