Job Description
SEN Teaching Assistant
Location - Manchester (M18)
Pay - £95-£110 per day, depending on experience
Start date - 09/03/2026
Contract Type - Full-Time, Long-Term
Hours - Monday to Friday, 9:30am-3:30pm
Are you a kind and compassionate teaching assistant with previous experience supporting young people with SEN? We are currently working with a large SEN provision in Gorton to recruit for SEN teaching assistants.
About the School:
The school is an OFSTED rated Outstanding SEN secondary school. The school caters for pupils aged between 11-19, with complex learning needs and autism.
As a SEN Teaching Assistant, you will:
* Work alongside the class teacher, preparing fun and engaging learning resources
* Maintain regular communication with the class teacher and external agencies to monitor progress and development
* Build strong rapport with the pupils, parents and other staff members
SEN Teaching Assistant Requirements:
* Up to date Safeguarding training within the last year (desired but training can be provided)
* Previous personal or professional experience supporting SEN is highly desired. This can be in a school or care settings
* A kind and compassionate approach to supporting young people
To be eligible for this role through Prospero Teaching, you must:
* Hold Right to Work in the UK
* Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
* Provide two professional references
Other
If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up to date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
By registering with Prospero Teaching, you will be working with a team of dedicated professionals with a wealth of educational experience to help you find your next career move.
In addition, you will also benefit from
* access to free accredited training courses for teachers and support staff, ensuring you are able to continue your professional development
* support with interview preparations so you're fully prepared and confident to interview for your next role
* support with lesson planning and classroom management to support you to create stimulating and varied lessons
* a generous recommend a friend referral scheme
Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Ideally, you will already have a full DBS on the update service but if not, we can process a new one.
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