SEN Teaching Assistant
Hours: 20 hours a week, 4 hours a day. Term time only.
Actual Salary: £10,909.55
Fixed Term Contract: end date July 2025
Teaching Personnel have an exciting opportunity to work with an amazing Primary School based in Northamptonshire. The school are looking for a passionate Sen Teaching Assistant to join there dedicated team.
Key Tasks:
* To support teachers and pupils in the delivery of quality teaching and learning.
* Provide for the social, emotional and personal development of a pupil with additional need
* Promote the involvement of pupils in the social and academic processes of the school
* Enable pupils to become more independent learners
* Help raise standards of achievement for pupils
Qualifications:
* Level 2 or Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent
* Proven track record of strong and consistent behaviour management
* Experience of working closely with parents in successful home-school partnerships that support pupils’ needs
* A working knowledge of relevant and effective SEN interventions and how to support pupils with SEND
* Skilled at making and sustaining positive relationships with children
* Able to stimulate children’s interest in learning
* Able to work closely with pupils who are finding learning difficult, or those who have experienced a feeling of failure
* Skilled at developing children’s self-esteem and motivation so that they become resilient, independent learners
* Capable of delivering intervention work and maintaining appropriate records
* Knowledge and understanding of how children learn
* Familiar with IT and its educational uses or approaches
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
If this opportunity is for you please send your CV to Abigail Simpson
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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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