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SEN Therapy Assistant

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Posted 14 hours ago, valid for a month
Location

Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 8HJ

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The SEN Therapy Assistant position in Camberley is aimed at individuals aspiring to become clinical psychologists while supporting children with special needs.
  • The role involves providing assistance to primary-aged children with severe learning, social, and communication difficulties, including personal and medical care tasks.
  • Candidates are expected to have relevant experience, with training provided for complex cases, and the position offers a daily rate of £85 to £90 for a 5-day week.
  • The school offers excellent facilities and opportunities for professional development, with both full-time and part-time roles available.
  • Start dates are flexible, with options available from September 2024 or later, depending on candidate availability.

SEN Therapy Assistant - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist - Camberley - Education and Training

Would you like to work with children and young people who need additional care and support?

The School: SEN Therapy Assistant - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist - Camberley

The school is based in Camberley and provides a safe learning environment for primary aged children with severe and complex learning, social and communication difficulties, which may include physical disability. The school also provides therapies such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy, music, speech and language therapies where these are part of a young person's Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). The team works closely with therapists to ensure the physical and emotional support of the children. The school has excellent facilities and on-site equipment including a therapy pool, sensory rooms and uses I-Gaze technology, and there is excellent on-site training and support, helping with progression to become senior support assistants, teachers, therapy assistants etc.

The Children: SEN Therapy Assistant - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist - Camberley

Children have various special needs including Autism, social, emotional needs, severe learning difficulties and physical disabilities where some children will be non-verbal or require a degree of personal and medical care. Appropriate training is required and provided for the more complex children. The school is split across 2 sites. One site caters for learning and personal care needs and the other for social, emotional needs.

What is involved: SEN Therapy Assistant - Education and Training

  • Providing assistance and support for children before, during and after lessons
  • Assisting children to understand and participate in tasks in an appropriate way
  • Encouraging the development of appropriate social skills
  • Ensuring individual student records are maintained
  • Helping to build confidence and motivation
  • Participating in team meetings and training programmes as an active member of a team
  • Working with managers and employees to support the developing culture of the organisation
  • Following regulations pertaining to safeguarding
  • Where required, supporting individual needs including assisting with a wide range of medical and occasionally personal care tasks as necessary and providing physical support where needed (training will be provided in giving medical care and support)

Summary: - Education and Training

  • SEN Therapy Assistant - Learning Support Assistant - Camberley
  • £85 to £90 daily rate (5-day week - 5 hours per week)
  • Temp -to-perm contracts
  • Special needs school (Autism, challenging behaviour, personal care)
  • Full time and part time roles, flexible working hours and short and long term contracts
  • September 24 starts or later in the year depending on your availability
  • Apply via this advert or call Toby Snow on for more details.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.