Job Description

SEN Teaching Assistant

Pay Scale: 85 - 96

Start Date: November 2024

Location: Pontefract

Full-time role

Career Teachers are recruiting passionate and qualified Teaching Assistants to work in a range of Primary Schools in the Wakefield Education Authority. Successful applicants can work on a full time or part time basis.

Career Teachers support a range of schools including Independent, SEN and Faith Schools.

We are looking for a compassionate and dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant to join our team at a mainstream school in Pontefract. This 2 form-entry school has high expectations of its pupils and the whole team work together to ensure the best outcomes for all. This is a full-time position is available from November.

The successful candidate will support a child in Year 4 who is working at Year 3 levels. The child has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Dyspraxia. Your role will be crucial in helping the child access the curriculum, develop social skills, and achieve their individual learning goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide tailored support to the child during lessons and activities.
• Implement individualised education plans (IEPs) and adapt learning materials as needed.
• Foster a positive and inclusive learning environment.
• Assist with the child's physical needs, if required.
• Collaborate with teachers, SENCO, and other professionals to monitor progress and adjust support strategies.
• Encourage the child's independence and confidence.

Requirements:

• Experience working with children with SEN, particularly ASD and Dyspraxia.
• Relevant qualifications in education or child development (e.g., CACHE Level 3, NVQ Level 3).
• Patience, empathy, and a genuine passion for supporting children with special educational needs.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to adapt and be flexible in a dynamic school environment.

Benefits of working with Career Teachers

• Competitive weekly pay
• Assignments paid to a scale after 12 weeks (AWR)
• Friendly and honest service
• Online time sheets
• Your own dedicated consultant
• Guaranteed pay schemes
• Genuine refer a friend scheme

• Affinity Extra - Thousands of discounts on multiple high street shops including coffee and cinemas, plus other benefits and a Health & Well-being portal.

These benefits are applicable to those who are working with Career Teachers. You will gain access to the Affinity Extra this portal once you start working with us.

Career Teachers are a leading national education agency that specialise in the recruitment of long term and daily supply teachers and support staff. As a teacher you will have a dedicated consultant who will support you with your career and who will give you access to a variety of opportunities that suit your needs.

All roles will require an enhanced criminal record disclosure (DBS), although we can help with this process a new application is required if your current DBS is not on the update service, and reference checks.

If the above role is just what you're looking for, then please get in touch with Emma on (phone number removed) or send across your CV by clicking the apply button.

At Career Teachers we are fully compliant with Agency Worker Regulations, ensuring you receive equal treatment for pay and conditions after a 12 week qualifying period. Please ask for further details.

All quoted rates are inclusive of 12.07% holiday pay.

Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to:

- Attend an interview in person;

- Give details for us to complete Reference checks;

- Provide an Enhanced DBS disclosure

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.