SEN Teaching Assistant

Description

SEN Teaching Assistants – Wirral (CH64 and CH61)

Location: Wirral

Start Date: ASAP

Contract: Full-time & Flexible Opportunities

Are you confident in supporting children or young people with SEN and challenging behaviour? This is a rewarding opportunity to work across SEN and specialist provisions in the Wirral, supporting pupils who need consistent, calm, and resilient adults around them.

We are seeking committed SEN Teaching Assistants with essential experience supporting individuals with Special Educational Needs, particularly where challenging behaviour is present. This experience may come from schools, alternative provision, youth work, care, residential settings, or similar environments.

Why join us?

Full-time and flexible working options

Immediate starts available

Supportive teams and clear behaviour management frameworks

Opportunities to develop within your career

Key responsibilities include:

Supporting pupils with SEN who may display challenging behaviour

Providing one-to-one and small group support

Implementing behaviour support plans and using de-escalation strategies

Supporting emotional regulation and positive engagement with learning

Assisting teachers to maintain a safe, structured, and inclusive environment

Essential requirements:

Proven experience supporting children or young people with SEN

Strong experience managing or supporting challenging behaviour

A calm, patient, and resilient approach

Confidence using behaviour management and de-escalation techniques

Strong communication and teamwork skills

If you are passionate about SEN support and confident working with challenging behaviour, apply today for an ASAP start in Wirral.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. xjnqpsq Full assistance provided.

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