L2 SEN Teaching Assistant Location: Quidenham, Norwich, Salary: Actual salary £21,709.61 - £22,388.59 dependent on experience Hourly rate: £12.15 - £12.53 per hour Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time only - Monday - Friday - 8.30am - 4.30pm (5pm on Thursday, extra half hour taken off on another day) Teaching Personnel have an exciting opportunity to work with a SEN secondary school based in Quidenham. The School are looking for Level 2 Teaching Assistant to join their team. The school offer therapeutic provision in a caring, supportive environment, for children aged 5-11 who have experienced difficulties in mainstream settings. Key Duties: To establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School. To promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times. To contribute to providing high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through supporting the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning. Support the Class Teacher in all areas of the day to day running of the class To respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and adapt to any task presented to achieve the smooth running of the school. To promote pupils’ cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being. Demonstrate a proven ability to work collaboratively within a multi-professional team. Qualifications: GCSE Maths and English Language qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential. Level 2 - 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification (or working towards). Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures. Knowledge and experience of pupils with SEMH, ASD. Directions: The school is based in Quidenham. You will need to be able to drive and access to your own vehicle. The school will have parking available on site. If this opportunity is for you please send your CV to Abigail Simpson All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details. 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. Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website.