Job Title: Graduate Teaching Assistant
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Salary Scale: £18,000 - £22,000 per annum DOE
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Long Term Contract - Permanent contract after an initial trial period
We are urgently looking for a passionate individual who is looking to take the steps into teaching! This is a SEN Teaching Assistant position based in a specialist provision school in Hemel Hempstead, supporting Autistic children who require low support and have well to high cognitive abilities. A large part of the role is restorative.
This Special Education Needs LSA (Learning Support Assistant) opportunity is ideal if you aspire to have a career focused on Counselling, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Criminal Justice, Social Justice, or Youth Justice, or are looking at elements of social care.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an individual with previous SEN experience or a graduate with a keen interest in this area of work. It is the perfect position for someone in search of hands-on experience working with social, emotional, and mental health needs. If you're looking for a career in youth work, then this opportunity is not to be missed.
The provision supports boys and girls who have a range of additional needs associated with social, emotional, and mental health challenges. It's an all-through provision that offers a restorative, therapeutic approach to education and behaviour management, engaging children in key personal skills they can use in and out of school.
As a Learning Support Assistant, you will be working in classes of 3-6 pupils with a staff-to-student ratio of 1:1.
What We Look For in a SEN Teaching Assistant:
1. A caring, personal, and empathetic attitude
2. A passion for supporting children with SEN
3. A keen interest in SEN, Mental Health, and other social and emotional needs
4. Understanding of autism
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