Teaching Assistant

1:1 Learning Support Assistant in Lower Key Stage 2

Location: Newport

Salary: £11.85 p/h

Job type: Mon-Fri (8.30am-3.30pm)

Start: ASAP

Here at Teaching Personnel, we are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, patient, and pro-active Special Educational Needs (SEN) Teaching Assistant to support a child within a Year 3 class. The primary school we are partnered with, caters for a wide and diverse range of differently able pupils.

We are recruiting for a Teaching Assistant to join the successful behaviour support team within Key Stage 2. The positions will be working 1:1 with a child providing social and emotional support as well as academically.

The curriculum is taught through an exciting and varied thematic approach. No two days will be the same! The school has incredible facilities including therapy rooms, sensory gardens, IT equipment and outdoor learning equipment.

Your duties:

• You will need to work with a 1:1 child by supporting throughout all areas of the curriculum
• Support the pupil in a range of daily activities and experiences helping them understand social situations and emotions
• Create a positive and caring, safe, and secure environment
• Help to build positive relationships between home and school
• Develop working relationships with our internal health and external health professionals sharing working practices

Whilst having experience working with children who have SEN in a professional setting is desirable, we welcome applications from people who have personal experience or someone who is willing to fully engage and develop skills in the area.

Why Teaching Personnel?

Teaching Personnel’s consultants are education recruitment specialists. You will be given your own dedicated consultant who will tailor the entire process to you. For those looking to gain skills or refine skills we have a CPD academy with hundreds of free/ heavily discounted courses. In addition to this we have a competitive rate of pay and charge no administration fees.

We are excited to bring on board energetic, kind, and nurturing educators.

If you are open to a challenge, want to help those most in need, start an exciting new career then this is the opportunity for you.

We expect to receive a high number of applicants for this position. If you are interested, then please get in touch today! 

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.
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