Sen Teaching Assistant - Guildford, United Kingdom - INTEGRITAS EDUCATION RECRUITMENT LTD

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Description
This job is at a Primary SEN School near Guildford


You must have:

  • Experience of working effectively with disaffected pupils who display SEMH and/or on the autistic spectrum and to evidence progress and outcomes for those pupils in relation to academic and behavioural progress.
  • Recognised ability to engage pupils positively whilst maintaining consistent boundaries.
  • Ability to demonstrate to others high levels of skill in developing positive, professional relationships with young people which enable escalating situations to be diffused.
  • Confidence in managing highly challenging behaviour and ability to resolve issues independently, showing initiative in personalizing approaches within a framework of agreed strategies which then impact on the behaviour of individual pupils over time.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to work effectively with schools, parents, young people and other agencies.
  • Confidence in training, advising and supporting colleagues in managing behaviour.
  • Evidence of being able to re-engage disaffected pupils in lessons and reduce out of class incidents through personal engagement strategies.
  • Knowledge of a range of additional educational needs that may affect the emotional welfare and behaviour of young people and evidence of strategies to overcome these and support inclusion.
  • Ability to be able to lead and mentor others in setting the highest standards of behaviour and to present solutions to challenging situations, guiding others in operational decisions.
  • Excellent organizational skills and ability to communicate operational demands to other staff.
  • Confidence in challenging professional practice and willingness to hold others to account whilst enabling staff to meet required standards through motivating, encouraging and training.
Duties


To work closely with the Senior Leadership Team in overseeing the daily allocation of support staff for learning and behaviour and to take responsibility for support staff cover arrangements.

To set standards of effective practice and ensure a consistent approach in line with school policies.


To work as part of the whole staff team in managing and modifying the behaviour of children and young people and supporting them in their learning.


To pro-actively support the emotional and behavioural difficulties experienced by the client group through providing direct interventions for out of class behaviours and non-engagement in learning, developing personalized, time limited mentoring programmes to help young people remove the barriers to learning.


Modelling appropriate social skills and supporting students in making the right choices, taking a lead in resolving conflict and encouraging young people to develop thinking skills.

Working with colleagues to promote good learning habits in pupils whilst promoting the highest expectations of behaviour.

Supervising pupils and engaging positively with them in both structured and unstructured times.


Maintaining professional boundaries at all times and observing / upholding the values and ethos of the School whilst contributing to the overall vision of the Trust.

Integritas Education Recruitment Ltd is acting as an employment business for this position.


INDAA

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£25,349.00-£29,825.00 per year


Benefits:


  • Additional leave
  • Casual dress
  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Discounted or free food
  • Free parking
  • Onsite parking
  • Sick pay

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Guildford, GU5 0BJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

- special needs pupils: 3 years (required)


Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Work Location:
One location

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