SEN Teaching Assistant

Location Surrey
Discipline: Education
Job type: Education Temp
Salary: £120 - £140 per day
Contact name: Kirsty Chasmer
Contact email: kirsty.chasmer@blackstone-recruitment.co.uk
Job ref: J6973
Startdate: 02/10/2025

Blackstone Recruitment are working with a provider of education, care and support services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities who are recruiting for a SEN Teaching Assistant.

Please see details below for the full job advert:

Location: Surrey

Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time only - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 4.45pm. Thursday 5pm and Friday 4pm   

Contract: Long-term Temp role paying between £120-140 depending on experience per day.

The role:

They’re looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to join their team. The successful candidate will be supporting the teacher within the class. The school has autistic students are aged between 11 – 16, they have associated behavioural and communication difficulties. Some pupils may have multiple learning difficulties.

Experience:
 
Successful candidate is likely to demonstrate the following:

  • Take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils according to the school’s policies, including safeguarding and PREVENT.
  • Provide meaningful feedback on pupil behaviour, relationships and attitudes.
  • Support positive behaviour and concentration levels of the children and adapt own behaviour and responses to any change or escalations in behaviour of the children.
  • Establish a positive relationship with pupils in order to support them in feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn.
  • Promote and encourage independence and personal development and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times and support in the achievement of this.
  • Implement, and when appropriate, adjust learning activities as agreed with the teacher. Reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers
  • Support learning by arranging/providing resources for lessons/activities under the direction of the teacher.
  • Implement learning activities and experiences, appropriate to the class group, by supporting the delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning. Pupils Attainment and Progress

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

Skills & Qualifications: 

Successful candidate qualities:

  • Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting   
  • A recognised qualification at Level 2 or above in Support work for Teaching and Learning in Schools or an equivalent is desirable    
  • GCSE Maths and English Language qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential.
  • Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.  
  • Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD  
  • Ability to provide consistent support to our children
  • The desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual  
  • Be positive and creative in assisting to meet pupils’ individual needs 
  • Be able to take part in the schools behaviour support approach, including physical intervention (accredited Team Teach) where necessary and always as a last resort.
  • Ability to complete reports in a timely and accurate manner

For further information on this role, please contact Kirsty Chasmer at Blackstone Recruitment on the details provided or APPLY now.