Sen Teaching Assistant - Leeds, United Kingdom - Reed Education

Reed Education

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Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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SEN Teaching Assistant

West Leeds

Long term/Permanent

£70-£85 per day

Registration and Interviews taking place ASAP
"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." -B.B. King

Teaching assistants support teachers and help children with their educational and social development, both in and out of the classroom.

Your role will be to support pupils with additional needs, whilst also working in small groups with other children in School.

The school we are recruiting for require a Teaching Assistant to support two children across Reception and Year 1, who need additional support.

You will need to quickly develop a relationship with the pupils and staff, to ensure you can make an impact withthe children and the rest of the class.

The students in question spend some time each week in the resourced provision at School. This usually happens when the classroom becomes too intense for them.

The role will include but is not limited:

Supporting the children so they can access the curriculum
Listening to children read, reading to them, or telling them stories
Being alert to the triggers of the children to help prevent the child needing to leave the class
Helping teachers to plan learning activities and complete records using differentiation
Supporting teachers in managing class behaviour
Supervising group activities
Looking after children who are upset or have had accidents
Be patient and willing to build relationship with children
Have an empathetic nature
Be able to use initiative
Have over 2 years of experience in Primary Schools
Have experience working with children who have challenging behaviour
A good understanding of Autism and other needs
An ability to build good working relationships with both pupils and adults

Benefits:

Working with REED grants you

24/7 access to a personal consultant who is an expert in Education recruitment.
Access to a huge range of opportunities through our network of branches across England and Wales
Competitive pay rates
Support with payroll and timesheets
Access to CPD courses
Access to the REED Rewards scheme which includes professional indemnity insurance, life/critical illness insurance, personal accident cover and a 24hour legal and counselling helpline service