Special Needs Teaching Assistant
Location: Bristol, South West England, UK, BS1 5
Contract: Apply4U
Application Deadline: 2025-02-17T08:45:59
Job Description
Zen Educate is currently looking to appoint a couple of special needs teaching assistants to take on full-time work at an alternative provision starting in the New Year. This site requires their teaching assistants to be able to drive and have access to a car, as part of the work involves transporting students to and from school. The school caters to students of various ages with social, emotional, and mental health difficulties and offers a great provision for children to express themselves and learn in a bespoke way that is not just sitting in the classroom all day.
Due to the nature of the students, we are looking for candidates that have experience in supporting and working with challenging behaviours. The ideal candidates will have a solid understanding of the time it takes to build relationships with such students and the need for boundaries, as well as a consistent and empathetic approach to supporting their education.
This role is Monday to Friday and term time only.
Requirements
* Experience with special needs, especially those with mental health difficulties
* School experience is ideal, but not essential; we welcome anyone who has supported children in a care home or has worked as a youth worker
* Resilience with firm boundaries but an empathetic approach to behaviours and struggles students may be going through either at school or at home
* A car driver, as part of the work involves picking up and dropping off students to and from school
* Flexible to the needs of the school; there may be odd times where you may need to work at another site from your usual post
* An enhanced DBS on the update service, either by one you already hold or via application
This is a great provision with lots of alternative offers for students and how they can get the best out of school. If you are interested in doing something a bit different in education, get in touch with us today about what we can offer.
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