SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHING ASSISTANTS WANTED in Thetford

£ 10 to £ 12

shannon.dale 

Posting for 3+ years

Thetford

Ad ID: 36974055

Ended

Description:

Grade A Recruitment is seeking to appoint Teaching Assistants to work across the Norfolk area. This opportunity will be on a day to day, short term and long term basis starting from April 2021 and possibly permanent for the right candidate.

As a Special Needs Teaching Assistant, your role will involve creating and upholding effective relationships with students and helping students to achieve learning targets set by the teacher. The successful candidate will be enthusiastically involved in encouraging student well-being and developing independence and confidence. It is essential that you are able to excellently support children by building a relationship on 1:1 basis, as well as within small groups. The successful candidate will also be responsible for supporting the class teacher and helping to ensure that lessons run efficiently.

The successful Teaching Assistant will need to be:

Available immediately;

Resilient and able to hit the ground running in an situation that can sometimes be challenging;

Able to build up a strong and optimistic rapport with the children and young people you're supporting;

We welcome applications from Teaching Assistants with a Level 2 and/or 3 Qualification in Teaching and Learning in Schools or equivalent, as well as from individuals with a Support Worker and/or Career background.

To be considered for the position as SEND Teaching Assistant, you must:

Have experience of supporting children and young people with challenging behaviour, Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Difficulties, Social, Emotional and Behavioural (SEBD) Difficulties and/or Autism (ASD/ASC)

Be effective with handling behaviour and confident in using behaviour management techniques

Have a genuine desire to become part of committed team of Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) education practitioners.

At Grade A , we take our responsibilities seriously and our aim is to ensure you are well supported and rewarded for your efforts. As part of the Grade A recruitment team, and as Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) Teaching Assistant, you will receive:

Support through your placements

Unparalleled daily rates

Access to a dedicated Consultant

£50 reward every time you recommend a colleague

Regular social events with 100% complimentary food and drink

You must be eligible to work in the UK and meet Grade A's safeguarding checks for this position as a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) Teaching Assistant. We will also require you to hold a current DBS certificate.

If you are a SEND Teaching Assistant who can enthuse, motivate and engage students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and would like the challenge of working in a demanding and rewarding environment, then we want to hear from you today.