Supply SEND Teaching Assistant
Swadlincote and surrounding areas
Potential to earn between £425 – £475 per week
About the Role
Connex Education are working with Primary Schools in Swadlincote.
I am looking for budding or Qualified SEND Teaching Assistants to join my team of staff. The role is on a supply basis and work is fully flexible around you! Work can be booked on the day or in advance and is paid by a highly competitive daily rate.
You will be expected to fulfill the role of a full time SEND Teaching Assistant when in our schools and the working hours are 8:30 – 15:30 in mainstream primary schools with SEND children.
Being a Supply SEND Teaching Assistant requires flexibility and adaptability when working in our schools as you could work in any year group throughout the day. You will also be expected to support SEND children closely with their learning in more direct sessions using resources available to you in the classroom.
You would be expected to fulfill the following responsibilities:
* Support the class teacher with completing daily tasks
* Support children individually or in groups
* Deliver smaller intervention sessions to groups of children
* Potentially support at lunchtime on duty
Pay scale is dependent on experience and level of qualification, this will be discussed upon interview.
Assignment Details
The assignment is on a supply basis and can be booked on the day or in advance.
Some roles can last for one day but some may run Long Term, this all depends on the needs of the school. All details will be given upon booking.
Benefits of working with Connex:
* Competitive daily rate
* PAYE paid weekly
* Free access to our SEND Toolkit skills development package comprising over 19 courses
* Potential to complete 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
* Experience with children that have additional needs in the classroom
* Hold a valid Level 1, 2 or 3 Teaching Assistant qualification
* Be confident in building effective working relationships with adults and pupils
* Excellent ICT skills
* Have a current DBS on the update service or willing to provide a new one
* Have experience working with SEND children or willing to do so
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 or disability. Everyone is assessed on merit alone.
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