Teaching Assistant - working in a SEN setting
Job Type – Permanent | Temp to Perm | Full Time
Shift and Schedule – Day shift| Monday – Friday
Start date – ASAP
Location – Caterham
We are currently looking for a Teaching Assistant who is keen on looking for their next job role developing their carer in a SEN school. Working with children between the ages between 11 - 19 who have complex needs and learning difficulties.
What the role will include:
The Teaching Assistant role will support the work of a qualified teacher and, under an agreed system of supervision, have responsibility for agreed learning activities.
This involves undertaking specified work involving planning, preparing, and delivering learning activities to individual pupils/groups and monitoring, assessing, recording, and reporting on pupil development, progress and attainment.
Key areas of the role will include:
• Oversee the day-to-day operation of the school’s SEN policy.
• Co-ordinate provision for children with SEN.
• Liaise with the relevant designated teacher where a looked after pupil has SEN.
• Advise on graduated approach to the provide Additional SEN Support.
• Ensure that the records of all children with SEN are kept up to date.
• Liaise with parents of children with SEN.
• Liaise with early years providers and secondary schools, educational psychologists, health, social care and independent or voluntary bodies who may be providing SEN support and advice to a child and their family.
• Act a key point of contact with external agencies and support services.
• Liaise with potential next providers of education to ensure a young person and their parents are informed about options and a smooth transition is planned.
• Establish and maintain effective and supportive relations with pupils, parents/carers.
About you
Our new SEN Teaching Assistant needs to be approachable with excellent communication skills, a flexible team player and confident to work with a child with communication needs and anxiety.
For more information, please see the job description.
Work Location: Caterham
Eteach People is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.