Main characteristics
- Location
- Leicester, Leicestershire
- Company
- Smile Education Recruitment
- Salary
- £70 - £90/day
- Employment type
- Temporary
- Category
- Education
Job summary
SEN Teaching Assistant Challenging behaviourSmile Education are currently recruiting on behalf of a South Leicester secondary school who require additional support in their inclusion department. The school are keen to meet Teaching Assistants to work with a small number of their SEN pupils in Key Stage 3, on a long-term basis. This position will ideally start in January and run until the end of the academic year.
· SEN Teaching Assistant Challenging behaviour
· Secondary school in South Leicester
· £75-90 per day
· School based SEN team
· Long term position
· NVQ Level 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification or a degree in Psychology or Special Educational Needs
This school have a small number of pupils who exhibit challenging behaviour in the classroom and as such require the help of a specialist Teaching Assistant who can help support, manage and motivate these pupils.
This is an extremely rewarding teaching assistant position as the pupils will hopefully grow and flourish under the guidance of dedicated support. However, this is not a position for everyone and ideally candidates need to have had previous experience of working with special educational needs and challenging behaviour.
The school would like to meet candidates that are happy to work on a long-term basis in order for the pupils to form strong working relationships and trust with the recruited Teaching Assistants.
Full support will be given from the schools SEN department and dedicated SENCo who are there to provide training and guidance in the best way to be effective. Most importantly they are there to instil a real love of working with and developing pupils who require additional support.
The days activities will largely be governed by the needs of the individual pupils you work with but will include small group sessions, one-to-ones as well as whole class support.
If youre a psychology graduate looking to gain experience en-route to becoming an Educational Psychologist this could be the perfect school for you.
If this SEN Teaching Assistant position in a Leicester secondary school is of interest and you have the required skills, qualifications and motivation then please apply online or call Patrick at Smile Education for more details (phone number removed)
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