SEND Teaching Assistant

SEND Teaching Assistant

• Special school
• ASD, SLD, Complex Needs, PMLD, MLD & SEMH students
• Full-time / Long-term
• 8:30am - 3:15pm
• 'Floating’ role - support across different classes
• Immediate start

Long-term Teachers have worked closely with this fantastic special school for a number of years now and they're on the lookout for a new TA to join the team. This lovely special school look after a wide range of special needs & disabilities aged from 4-19.

The work is incredibly rewarding but it is also fairly challenging - they require people who are up for a challenge and are confident in dealing with challenging behaviour. They are such a lovely bunch at the school so you will be ably supported across the school by staff.

The Role

This role is interesting as it's a 'floating’ position, so you will be expect to provide cover across the school in different classes. Due to this type of position it is is essential that you are flexible and feel confident working with different special needs & disabilities as well as different age groups.

You will be expected to provide general classroom support as well as 1-1 support to specific students. You'll need to be naturally easy to get on with due to providing support across different classes and be a naturally good team player!

You will be expected to:

• Have worked with special needs & disabilities (preferably within a school setting)
• Be flexible & adaptable
• Work well as part of a team
• Provide support inside & outside of the classroom

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