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SEND Teaching Assistant & Breakfast Club Assistant - SN5
Are you passionate about supporting children with additional needs and creating positive starts to their school day? My client is seeking a caring and dedicated individual to take on a combined role as a SEND Teaching Assistant and Breakfast Club Assistant. This unique opportunity allows you to make a real difference in a child’s learning journey while contributing to a safe, happy, and healthy morning environment for all students. This role is available on a fixed-term contract with a working pattern across both roles of 7:15-11.
Why You Should Apply
- Rewarding dual role: Support a child with an EHCP in the classroom and create an engaging breakfast club experience.
- Positive environment: Work in a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive school community.
- Flexible hours: Breakfast Club (7:15 AM - 8:35 AM) and SEND support (8:40 AM - 11:00 AM) make for a fulfilling, part-time schedule.
- Competitive salary: £23,690 - £25,603 pro rata, depending on experience.
- Professional development: Gain valuable experience working with SENDCOs, teachers, and external agencies.
What You’ll Be Doing
SEND Support:
- Work one-on-one with a child with an EHCP to support their academic and personal development.
- Adapt materials and learning activities to meet individual needs.
- Collaborate with teachers, SENDCO, parents, and external professionals like speech and language therapists.
- Provide care during play/lunchtimes and assist with intimate care when required.
Breakfast Club:
- Supervise and engage with children across the primary age range during breakfast time.
- Organize fun and structured activities to foster a positive start to the school day.
- Ensure a smooth transition from breakfast club to classroom activities.
About You
- Be able to do the job as described.
- Caring, patient, and empathetic, with an understanding of children’s individual learning needs.
- Skilled communicator who can build positive relationships with students, parents, and staff.
- Flexible and enthusiastic about working in a busy school environment.
- Understanding of autism and intensive interaction (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
