Job description
Teaching Assistant
Location: Blackburn
Contract: Full-time, Monday to Friday
Hours: 8:30am – 3:30pm
Pay: £95-£110 per day
Start Date: December
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant / Behaviour Support Worker for an Ofsted rated Outstanding Pupil Referral Unit. You will be working in a 1 to 1 capacity with students who have very complex emotional and behavioural needs. These students often come from traumatic backgrounds and are disengaged with mainstream education.
The pupils in this provision have been expelled from prior schools, and some may be at risk of criminal or sexual exploitation.
This school supports a mixture of primary and secondary aged students, some of which are on EHCPs across two sites.
Due to the nature of the students, you must be comfortable managing emotional dysregulation, challenging behaviour, and maintain a level of calmness when faced with aggression.
This is a position where you’ll have to manage high levels of challenging behaviour, this can include both verbal and physical aggression.
Your Role as a Teaching Assistant
As a Teaching Assistant, you will:
1. Provide classroom support across core subjects
2. Work 1:1 with students.
3. Help adapt activities to support different learning needs
4. Encourage positive participation, focus and confidence in lessons
5. Support the class teacher with learning resources and routines
6. Contribute to a calm, safe and inclusive school environment
7. Manage high levels of challenging be
We’re Looking For
8. Experience supporting children or young people (school, tutoring, youth work, care, coaching all welcome)
9. A proactive and patient approach
10. Ability to build positive relationships with pupils and staff
11. Good communication and teamwork skills
12. Commitment to safeguarding and pupil wellbeing
13. Robust and comfortable with challenging behaviour
Teaching Assistant experience is beneficial, but not essential. We welcome applications from graduates and career changers looking to start a rewarding role in education.
What the School Can Offer
14. A supportive and welcoming staff team
15. Ongoing training and development
16. Opportunities to progress into specialised SEN support, HLTA or Teacher Training routes
17. A role where you will genuinely make a difference every day
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