Teaching Assistant Sen

Teaching Assistant - SEN College

Yeovil, Somerset, BA22

Permanent

Full Time or Part Time

Term time only

£9.75 p/h + £500 welcome payment

(20 hours per week salary £7,605)

(40 hour per week salary £15,210)

Do you have experience of supporting others who experience special needs, social, emotional or mental health challenges? Do you know that your support has benefitted those people’s lives? Would you like to do this in a wonderful college setting, working with their brilliant, ambitious and inspiration students?

This 52 week a year SEN college in Yeovil is looking for a super SEN Teaching Assistant to join their tight-knit team, to support students in their educational and social curriculum. Think this might be a great match for you? Pease read on to find out more.

• To speak to someone directly about this college, please call or text on 07956 812986 - 0117 244 7385_

The Role

• Working closely with the experienced and supportive SEN Teachers to provide students with a personalised, well pitched and meaningful learning curriculum
• Reporting progress that students make in order to plan for progress in future planning
• Understanding and using the college’s positive behaviour support plans, communication plans and sensory plans effectively, to help the students engage in their learning
• Making engaging and creative learning resources that meet individual student’s learning needs
• Being a positive, kind, professional and knowledgeable role model for the students and your colleagues
• Working collaboratively with other professionals such as clinicians, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists to provide a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach to improving outcomes

Who Should Apply?

• SEN Teaching Assistants who are knowledgeable about neurodiversity and the challenges it may present
• Teaching Assistants who are sure of their commitment to SEN teaching, as a career choice
• People who have significant experience of supporting others with SENs in other contexts such as in social care or family settings
• Graduates with specialist knowledge in
• SEN Teaching Assistants who want to build on their professional knowledge through training, and sharing good practice with colleagues
• SEN Teaching Assistants who understand the importance of using emphatic and careful strategies to support those experiencing mental illness and behaviours of concern

Why work for this college?

This wonderful provision benefits from being located in a lovely country side setting, with over 40 acres of outdoor space, which includes a small wood and home farm. All available for the enrichment of teaching and learning experiences.

The college is dedicated to continually improving the provision of services for young people with an ongoing focus on the quality of education, the inclusion of high quality resources and technology and the development of a holistic approach across the college teams.

• * Welcome Bonus £500.00. Awarded on completion of a successful 6 month probation period**_

Job Types : Permanent, Full-time, Part-time

Salary : £10,000.00-£15,200.00 per year

Benefits :

• Flexitime
• On-site parking

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus

Application question(s):

• Do you live in the UK and have a valid right to work in the UK?

Experience :

• Special Education: 1 year (preferred)
• Supporting Neurodiversity: 1 year (required)

Work Location: One location