SEN Teaching Assistant- kent

SEND Teaching Assistant based in Kent

Are you interested in working with students with SEND? Do you have relevant experience or an interest in working with students with PMLD (Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties)? Do you have previous experience working in a care home or residential care setting? A large, well-resourced special educational needs school in Kent is looking for a special educational needs teaching assistant to work alongside the teaching staff to provide 1:1 support to students within their care.

Requirements

• A patient and calm approach
• An interest in working with students with SEND
• Be flexible in your approach
• Existing DBS check on the update service
• Existing experience working with children or adults with SEND advantageous, but not required
• Previous experience working with young adults in a care setting advantageous, but not required
• Ability to carry out personal care

Responsibilities

• Work 1:1 with a teenage boy to provide academic and pastoral support. Personal care may be required.
• Assist and support with the development and learning of students within the school
• Provide 1:1 and general support to students according to requirements for the day
• Work alongside other teaching and support staff to ensure a safe and productive work environment is maintained
• Be responsible for ensuring school policies are upheld including behaviour policies

Plus, recommend a friend who's looking for a new teaching or support role and we will thank you with £125 for every Teacher and every Teaching Assistant that registers and works for 10 days.

At Career Teachers we are fully compliant with Agency Worker Regulations, ensuring you receive equal treatment for pay and conditions after a 12 week qualifying period. Please ask for further details.

All quoted rates are inclusive of 12.07% holiday pay.

Benefits of working with Career Teachers

Free CPD

Access to Skills Network

Refer a friend scheme

Recognition programme

Affinity Extra - Thousands of discounts on multiple high street shops including coffee and cinemas, plus other benefits and a Health & Wellbeing portal.

These benefits are applicable to those who are working with Career Teachers. You will gain access to the Affinity Extra this portal once you start working with us.

Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to:

- Attend an interview in person;

- Give details for us to complete Reference checks;

- Provide an Enhanced DBS disclosure

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.