Job Description
Your new company
Desian Education are proud to be working in partnership with a mainstream school in St Helens that is held in high regard by it’s local community as they are looking to appoint a reliable and enthusiastic teaching assistant to a full-time temporary long-term contract due to additional funding being secured. This contract will last the remainder of the academic year and if funding is secured for the new academic year a permanent contract will be considered.
Your new role
In your new role as a teaching assistant you will be supporting a pupil within a year 3 class on a 1:1 basis, acting as their main point of contact throughout the day and regularly liaising with their grown up on their progress. The pupil you will be supporting has SEMH due to extensive previous trauma, they are extremely loving but due to early life they are struggling to integrate and regulate their emotions, in turn they become extremely upset and have a habit of absconding. You will implement trauma-informed approaches and positive consequence practises to promote engagement and emotion regulation, as well as:
* ELSA support
* Working in collaboration with external professionals such as social services, local authority and educational psychologists
* Implementation of positive behaviour strategies
* Interventions and boosters in core subjects
What you need to succeed
* Full “Right to Work” in the UK
* Experience with emotional literacy support
* Relevant referenceable classroom experience (including SEMH is highly advantageous)
* An enhanced Children’s DBS on the update service or willing to obtain
* Be able to commit to a full-time contract consisting of 32.5 hours per week
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
* Free training
* Refer a Friend scheme
* Access to exclusive vacancies