Teaching Assistant (Moderate Learning Difficulties)
Great Missenden
Full or part time
ASAP or Easter 2025 start
The School:
Supply Desk is pleased to be working with a good rated school in the Buckinghamshire area that prides itself on providing a nurturing and inclusive environment for children allowing for them to succeed to the best of their ability no matter what challenges they may face. The school is looking for support with its students and is seeking an excellent support member of staff who has experience/qualifications in moving and handling. Pupils with MLD may have attainments well below expected levels in some areas of the curriculum, despite appropriate interventions. They will have much greater difficulty than their peers in acquiring basic literacy and numeracy skills and in understanding concepts. They may also have associated speech and language delay, low self-esteem, low levels of concentration, and underdeveloped social skills.
The student may need support with:
* Understanding instructions and the requirements of tasks
* Acquiring sequencing skills, for example, when following a recipe or science experiment
* Understanding how they affect and relate to their immediate surroundings
* Personal organisation over the short, medium, and long term
* Visual and auditory memory for information, processes, and instructions
The role will require the following responsibilities:
* Supporting SEN students with reading, writing, and numeracy
* Providing students a positive learning atmosphere
* Managing challenging behaviour in support of the class teacher
* Collaborating with the teacher and assisting with creating and delivering activities
* Recording students' progress and feeding back to the teacher
* Tutoring on a 1:1 or small group basis
The ideal candidate will have/be:
* Previous experience with SEN or a desire to work with children with SEN
* Good knowledge of SEN and a passion to develop
* Able to manage challenging behaviour
* Able to commit to working fixed days, full or part time
* Having a clear and valid DBS on the update service or willing to obtain one
* Relevant training to support students with learning difficulties
If you would like to hear more about this exciting opportunity, please give us a call or email your up-to-date CV.
Supply Desk is working in partnership with several Local Authorities and represents a host of opportunities in the boroughs of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Buckinghamshire. In addition to top rates of pay and a commitment to your professional development, we can offer you a pension contribution scheme and a dedicated consultant to support you every step of the way.
Due to the overwhelming response to online advertising, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Supply Desk offers a £100 Golden Hello for anyone who introduces a teacher/teaching assistant. Get in touch for further details.
Supply Desk is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be required to complete an enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) check, which must be maintained throughout the period of employment and meet Safer Recruitment standards.
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