Role: SEN Teaching Assistant

Contract: Full time

Location: Dawlish

Salary: Starting at £90 per day

Are you an experienced teaching assistant looking for a new challenge? Do you have a passion for supporting students with additional needs? Would you like to work in an incredibly supportive environment?

Long-Term Teachers is supporting a fantastic special educational needs school, based in Dawlish, providing outstanding education and care for 200 students aged 3-19. As a teaching assistant, you will play a pivotal role in nurturing young learners who have additional needs such as communication and interaction difficulties, learning needs and autism.

We have multiple roles available across their primary cohort - you will be placed according to your strengths, experiences and areas of expertise!

Our client is looking for an individual who is engaging, enthusiastic and willing to get 'stuck in’. You must have a proactive approach and be willing to engage with the students. Your role will be key in helping the students achieve their full potential, promoting a positive and nurturing learning environment.

Key responsibilities:

Provide tailored support to students
Assist in implementing personalised learning strategies and interventions
Help create a safe and engaging learning environment that supports both academic and personal development
Work collaboratively with teachers, SENCOs and other staff to support each student’s unique needs
Encourage student independence and confidence through structured activities and guidance

The ideal candidate will have:

Previous experience working with children or young people with SEN, particularly in a 1:1 or small group setting
A patient, compassionate and proactive attitude
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with both students and staff
The ability to remain calm and adaptable in challenging situations
Relevant qualifications such as a level 2 or 3 teaching assistant certificate is desirable but not essential

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