Job Description
Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.
Your new company
Desian Education are proud to be working in partnership with a well-established and highly regarded full cohort SEND school in Chester as they are looking to appoint a reliable and motivated teaching assistant for a temporary to permanent contract. This role will be starting after the Easter holidays and will last the remainder of the academic year, with a permanent contract guaranteed for the right individual.
Your new role
This is an extremely supportive SEND specialist school that supports pupils between the ages of 2 – 19 with a variety of complex and profound SEND such as ASD, non-verbal, PMLD, and more. You will be joining an extremely supportive year 3 class with the full support of an experienced teacher and 4 teaching assistants. You will offer 1:1 support to a pupil with ASD and non-verbal that is new to the school and is struggle to integrate due to a change in their routine. You will support them throughout the school day, meeting them at the school gate and walking them back to their parents/guardians at the end of the day. You will:
* Advocate for them throughout the day
* Implement positive behaviour strategies: traffic light systems, sensory rooms, etc
* Integrate into new pupil groups
* Use Makaton, PECs and basic SALT to support speech
* Work in collaboration with external specialists
What you need to succeed
* Full “Right to Work” in the UK
* Referenceable experience supporting SEND xkybehq
* Referenceable experience supporting children and young people
* Be willing to undergo an Enhanced Children’s DBS check
What you’ll get in return
If you are successful in your application, you will receive:
* Full support and dedication of an experienced and dedicated consultant
* Competitive rate of pay
* Full holiday entitlement
* Company pension scheme
* Long-term contract
* Possible permanent contract
* Free training