Your new company Desian Education are proud to be supporting a mainstream primary school in Runcorn that is easily accessible via public transport as they require a motivated and reliable teaching assistant to support a year 2 class. This is a full-time long-term opportunity that will last the remainder of the academic year where you will support a pupil that has been subject to previous trauma. Your new role As a teaching assistant within this school you will be working in collaboration with the year 2 class teacher to promote the attainment, attendance and emotional development of a new pupils within the school. The pupil you will be supporting has unfortunately been subject to significant trauma in their early life and as such presents complex behavioural needs and challenges. These challenges are not a personal attack but a means of communication and coping. As to promote their engagement and attendance you will be their main point of contact throughout the day, following them through the school as they have previously absconded and by: - Delivering specific emotional regulation and well-being strategies - Implementing an array of positive behaviour techniques - Integrating into new pupil groups - Working in collaboration with external professionals - Using a trauma-informed curriculum model What you need to succeed - Full “Right to Work” in the UK - Experience supporting SEMH and/or Trauma - Experience using trauma-informed delivery methods - A minimum of 40 days referenceable experience supporting children and young people within the last 2-years (classroom or residential experience is essential) - An Enhanced Children’s DBS certificate or willingness to obtain 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