• SEN – Autism
  • SEN – SEMH
  • SEND
  • Telford
  • Applications have closed
  • Job Area: Telford

Teaching Assistant

Job Description

Zest Education are seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to work within a special educational needs school in Telford.

There are both full and part-time roles available and are due to start ASAP.  This role is ideal for those who genuinely have a passion for helping children, particularly with learning difficulties, and also a fantastic opportunity for those considering a career in teaching to gain valuable first-hand experience.

The school caters for children from the age of 6-18 with Autism (ASC) and social, emotional and mental health difficulties (SEMH). The successful candidate must have experience supporting individuals with SEND or experience within a care background.

You will be required to assist students with their educational and social development, on a 1:1 basis and in small groups. You will be assisting the class teacher with preparing learning resources, setting up the classroom and ensuring the environment is maintained to a high standard at all times.

The role:

  • You will be committed to personal learning and development
  • Providing support for individual students inside and outside the classroom to enable them to fully participate in activities
  • Confident with working with individuals both primary and secondary ages
  • Must be resilient and have good behaviour management

 

If you are interested in this temporary position or want to find out more, email Steph Guy on steph@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.

Zest Education are an REC audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are: Recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years, teaching within a school teaching the British Curriculum).

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Job Details

  • SEN – Autism
  • SEN – SEMH
  • SEND
  • Telford
  • Applications have closed
  • Job Area: Telford

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