Location
Greenwich, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Title: SEN Teaching Assistant
Location: Greenwich
Salary: £85 - £100 per day
Start Date: ASAP, March 2024
Contract Type: Full Time, Temporary to Permanent
Are you truly motivated about improving the lives of children who require special education support? SEN Teaching Assistant posts at a client school in Greenwich are filled by driven and motivated individuals. This is a fantastic opportunity to help create a welcoming, inclusive classroom where children are motivated to realize their full potential.
About the school:
- Therapeutic humanistic approach : Unique provision with a focus on a therapeutic and humanistic approach to education and childhood development.
- Goal of retention and reintegration: Aims to keep vulnerable children within an educational setting or facilitate their return from home education promptly.
- Inclusive curriculum design : Tailors curriculum content to address a variety of learning difficulties, including ASD, ADHD, SLCD, and other challenges outlined in EHCPs.
- Root cause approach: Recognizes the importance of addressing the root causes of behavioural, emotional, and social difficulties to accelerate well-being and academic achievement.
- Nurture Centre for PMLD: Provides a specialized Nurture Centre to meet the unique needs of pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD).
- Specialized pathways: Tailors education pathways to accommodate various learning difficulties, including GD, SLCD, ASD, ADHD, and more, outlined in EHCPs.
Responsibilities as a SEN Teaching Assistant:
- Offer children in special education the assistance they need.
- Encourage a friendly and caring environment in the classroom.
- Promote the usage of customized lesson plans.
- Assist the teachers to establish a welcoming and stimulating learning environment.
- Give students specialized assistance when they need it.
- Keep an eye on developments, document them, and modify support plans as necessary.
Requirements as a SEN Teaching Assistant:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities. the ability to modify instruction to meet different needs and demands.
- A strong sense of empathy and a desire to make a difference in the lives of children.
- Preferential training or certifications in special education.
- An enhanced DBS on the Update Service.
- A track record of successfully meeting the special education requirements of young children.
Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection. Successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS on the update service. GSL offers equal opportunities to applicants from all members of the community.
For more information or to register your interest in ‘SEN Teaching Assistant’ role, or to be considered, please click ‘apply now’ to submit your full and up-to-date CV, and Michelle Dawes will be in touch. Alternatively, please visit to apply online.
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£85 - £100 per day
