SEN Teaching Assistant (Special Educational Needs)

Empowering Learning are currently working with an excellent SEND school in Basildon. They are looking for a Teaching Assistant to join their school as soon as possible. The position will be based within a small class supporting Social Emotional Mental Health Students.

You will be working with children aged between 4 - 16 Years in age, each with statements of special education needs. Most of the children you will be working with have very limited communication skills, and some are completely non-verbal. You will be assisting more than one class, supporting several children across the school, rather than working 1:1 with any particular child.

To be eligible to apply for this position, you would ideally have experience supporting pupils with Social Emotional Mental Health Needs.

Teaching Assistant support

As a Teaching Assistant, we are looking for the right candidate who can make learning participative and encourage peer learning. Other areas of experience that is relevant to this post are listed below:

Supported Learning:

Using learners' own words, language, materials and personal context. Being clear about activity purpose and how it relates to the skills needs of the learners. Breaking down tasks into smaller steps with incrementally build into the task objective. Making both written and spoken information clear. Using ambiguous terms and follow plain English guidelinesA...