What skills and experience we're looking for
Monday to Friday 8.30am - 1.00pm, 25 hours per week, Term time only
Would you like to work at Thameside Primary?
Do you have an interest to work with children?
We currently have a SEN Teaching Assistant position available in the school to work across the school and in our SEND provision.
At Thameside we celebrate inclusiveness, belonging and integrity as well as valuing and nurturing differences between us. This is an exciting time to join Thameside as we continue our journey to improve provision and progress for all of our children.
The school are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Teaching Assistant to join our diverse school and to work with specific children with complex SEND needs including willing to work on a 1:1 basis.
We require a caring and supportive individual to work with young children with challenging behavioural needs to assist them with their development and learning.
The ideal candidate will have transferable experience of working with children with challenging needs. You must be resilient and be willing to persevere to build rapport with children with complex learning and behavioural difficulties.
It is a challenging but very rewarding role! You can make a world of difference to a child’s learning experience.
If you have experience of working with children in a similar capacity but not in a school setting, we would still like to hear from you.
Your duties will include:
• Supporting the class teacher to implement planned lesson learning activities for SEN children
• Interact and engage with individual pupils with complex SEN needs in a class and 1:1 basis through indoor and outdoor activities
• To provide one to one support to learners with learning difficulties and/ or learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.
• To help students adjust to their new settings, recognise signs of distress and offer reassurance, and to promote and encourage the acceptance and inclusion of all pupils.
• To supervise and support students to ensure their safety and access to learning and facilitate students’ physical, emotional and educational development.
• Keeping children safe in their surroundings and activities they engage in including dealing with first aid incidents.
We are seeking candidates that have:
• Experience of working with children in an educational setting.
• Experience working with autism and attachment needs.
• Good levels of literacy and numeracy skills. (e.g. GCSE Maths and English, or equivalent).
• A desire to learn and a passion for working with children with additional needs.
• A patient, caring, compassionate and child-centred approach.
• Excellent observation skills and the ability to problem solve and think creatively.
• Emotional intelligence and resilience with the ability to react calmly in challenging situations.
• An ability to work with a team and diverse staff/pupil groups
What the school offers its staff
If you are interested please contact sbm@thameside.reading.sch.uk for an application pack or download from About Us, Come & Work for us! Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.
Closing date: Will consider applications on receipt of application forms returned.
Interviews will be arranged on receipt of applications.
The school is committed to safeguarding children and is an equal opportunity provider. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.