SEN Teaching Assistant

Role: SEN Teaching Assistant

Location: Barnstaple/Bideford

Contract: Full time, permanent

Start: As soon as possible

Working hours: Monday - Friday, term time only, 08:45 - 16:45

Salary: £24,000 - £25,000 per annum

We are delighted to partner with a fantastic special school that is looking for a compassionate, dedicated and enthusiastic SEN Teaching Assistant to join their supportive team. The school provides tailored, high-quality education for students aged 7 - 18, with a focus on fostering personal growth and academic success.

About the school:

• Operates across multiple sites in Barnstaple and Bideford

• Supports students with special educational needs, including SEMH, ADHD, autism and aspergers.

• Strong emphasis on social and emotional development

• Offers students personalised timetables and a variety of enrichment activities

• Learning delivered in small groups or one-to-one sessions

• Staff benefit from an employee wellbeing programme

About the role:

As a SEN Teaching Assistant, you will:

• Deliver exceptional support to students with additional needs, fostering engagement in their learning journey

• Provide one-to-one assistance to support academic and personal development when required

• Assist classroom teachers with daily lesson preparation and classroom management

• Help students develop emotional resilience and essential life skills

• Be flexible and willing to work across the school’s multiple sites and outreach centres

About you:

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has a genuine desire to make a meaningful impact on the lives of young people

• Remain calm and professional, even in challenging situations

• Brings prior experience working with individuals with additional needs

• Holds a valid driving license, has been driving for at least 2 years and owns a vehicle with business-use insurance (or is willing to obtain it)

• Has a good sense of humour and a flexible, adaptable mindset

Working with Long-term Teachers:

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.

LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.

We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.

In addition you will receive:

• Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities

• Permanent job roles

• Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process

• Working to Agency Workers Regulations

• Interview preparation, advice and support

• Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay