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Zest Education are recruiting for a 1:1 Teaching Assistant to work with a non verbal child at a primary school in Lichfield. This role is full time and will see you working in reception supporting a child with special educational needs.
This primary academy aims to be the beating heart of the community; the ‘go to’ place for all our local residents who love where they live. As a result of the educational experience, children will move onto the next part of their educational journey with knowledge, skills, inspiration and ambition for their futures. They will be happy, healthy, honest and respectable young people committed to their successful futures.
The child you would be supporting is non verbal and needs support whether this be inside of outside of the classroom. Its very important that you are a calm and patient person to ensure you can effectively support the child.
You must be able to:
Use simple, clear language, and speak slowly and clearly. Use the child’s name to let them know you’re speaking to them.
Use pictures, symbols, or objects efficiently to help the child understand what you’re saying.
Gestures and eye contact can help build a foundation for language.
Children learn through play, including learning language.
If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Jo at Joanne@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 within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.
The role advertised is for temporary supply work.
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Zest Education – small consultancy friendliness with big agency experience.
With over 50 years’ of dedicated education recruitment experience, we understand everything that you go through on a daily basis when working in schools, nurseries and other provisions.
We pair small agency friendliness with big agency experience and will go above and beyond to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. Our priority is to ALWAYS exceed your expectations with unrivalled levels of service.