Team Educate are recruiting for passionate teaching assistants who specialise in working with children with special educational needs. A specialised school in the Penarth area are looking for teaching assistants to support their special needs resource base classroom on a temporary basis, with the opportunity of extending to permanent for the right candidate.
The role involves working with pupils on a 1 to 1 basis or a small group supporting their learning, encouraging confidence, independence, and positive behaviour.
A desirable special educational needs teaching assistant must have:
* Experience working in a SEN environment.
* Excellent communication skills
* Empathetic and nurturing characteristics
* High expectations of the children in their care
The special educational needs teaching assistant role includes:
* Providing 1:1 support
* Delivering group activities from the teachers planning
* Preparing and setting up resources
* Using your own initiative
* Developing literacy, numeracy and communication skills in children
Those without experience or qualifications in education or childcare will benefit from our FREE training courses. Our courses include, but are not limited to:
* Team Teach Training: Effective classroom management techniques
* Safeguarding: Best practice for protecting children
* Classroom Support (TA Training): Working as a Teaching Assistant
* SEND / ALN Training Awareness: Basic awareness of special educational needs
As a special educational teaching assistant, you require:
* An enhanced Child Workforce DBS – we can process one for you.
* Registered with the EWC – we can help with your registration.
* 2 years of professional references
* A Right to Work documentation.
If you are interested in the above role, please click apply and provide an up-to-date CV, ensuring current contact details are provided.
If you’re still in education, we can still get you registered with us ready for when you finish your course – this ensures immediate availability as soon as you finish education.
About Team Educate:
We are a forward-thinking agency with our schools' and candidates' best interests at heart. We have lots of positions coming to us on a weekly basis and we are confident we can find the perfect role for you! Something that separates us from other teaching agencies is our in-house teaching expert, who has 13 years of experience in various education settings. He is here to offer our candidates support with their teaching practice, writing covering letters and interview advice. If you want to join a local agency, with the best service available, we urge you to get in touch. Come and join us so together, we can become an outstanding Team of Educators!
Come and join our amazing Team so we can continue to be an outstanding team of Educators! Have a friend who may be interested in joining us? We offer £75 for every Teaching Assistant referral and £150 for every Supply Teacher referral (terms and conditions apply).Start your career and change lives by working in Special Education - apply now