SEN Teaching Assistant

Description

Teaching Assistant needed for an SEMH School in Harlow

Do you have a background in SEMH, SEBD or ASD? Have you had experience with challenging behaviour? Do you have Team Teach or MAPA training? Have you covered lessons? Experience tutoring or teaching small groups?

This specialist school based in Harlow is looking for a special needs SEMH Teaching Assistant with experience of working with challenging children and young people.

This is a specialist SEMH School that caters for young people who have been excluded or are at risk of being excluded from a mainstream school.

The successful Teaching Assistant will have the opportunity to work in this outstanding school with an international reputation in special education expertise, curriculum and resources.

Teaching Assistants must have experience working with mental health problems and complex behaviours.

This school believes that all young people should be provided with appropriate education in a safe, stable, and supportive learning environment.

As a Teaching Assistant, you will be working with secondary–aged pupils who have SEMH/SEBD needs and challenging behaviour. Some students are academic, and they range from KS3 KS4.

You will be given opportunities to succeed through the use of highly personalised individual education plans to help support students.

Teaching Assistants will need:

Excellent behaviour management skillsThe ability to build positive relationships with young people and staffThe ability to cover a range of lessons when neededGood knowledge/experience working with children with SEMH within a special needs environmentExperience working with secondary–aged pupilsTo collaborate with the classroom teacher to define appropriate activities in relation to the curriculumTo assess pupils with long– or short–term learning difficulties and work with colleagues to identify individual needsTo liaise with other professionals such as social workers, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, and educational psychologists This is a full–time, long–term position and will lead to a permanent role if successful.

Skills and experience required are as follows:

SENEBDMental Health experienceASDExcellent behaviour managementCurrent DBS on the update serviceClassroom experienceExperience working with primary or secondary pupilsExperience supporting a range of subjects The school offers:

A committed and enthusiastic staffQuality professional developmentAn exciting opportunity to shape the future of the school and set a culture of achievement and progress for all pupilsA purposeful, happy, and supportive environment with learning at its centre If you engage students in a positive way, this will be a very satisfying role and will look great on your CV.

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TLTP Group is an Equal Opportunities employer. Subject to observance of all UK and EU current legislation, we shall not discriminate to exclude individuals on the grounds of age, race, colour, gender (birth or reassigned), sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, marital status, ethnic or national origin, health, pregnancy, childcare responsibilities or criminal records. Candidates from such groups are actively encouraged to apply.

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