Job Description

Hays Education are supporting a local Special Needs school in recruiting a dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant to start working with them in April 2026. This role is to cover a vacancy and will continue into the spring term, certainly till the end of the academic year, and possibly beyond. The successful temporary candidate would be welcome to apply for the permanent role.

• The school is located in north Birmingham, not far from the city centre and describe themselves as a focussed and dedicated school who have young people at the centre of their ethos
• Caters for children at KS3 level with social, emotional and mental health challenges (SEMH)
• The role entails supporting children in Year 7 and Year 8 pupils in class who have SEMH and some other additional SEN
• School will support with training candidates who may not have experience of working in these kinds of settings
• The successful candidate will have experience of working with children with challenging behaviour and SEMH
• You will be able to demonstrate the key competencies of working with children with SEMH and also de-escalation techniques
• Hays Education will be able to obtain recent satisfactory references that reflect this experience
• The team of staff currently in post and look forward to welcoming a new addition to the team.

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