SEN Teaching Assistant – Primary School Location: Stockport Start date: ASAP Contract type: Full-time/ temp to perm We are working with a specialist school in the Stockport area to recruit SEN Teaching Assistants for a full-time role to begin ASAP. The chosen SEN Teaching Assistant would be supporting students with communication and education needs, working one-to-one with student across classroom and physical activities. Alongside working closely with fellow staff members to support students with Autism, sensory impairments and physical disabilities. The school is purpose built to support those with additional needs with equipped classrooms and other facilities such as sensory rooms, soft play areas to support these young people, with a high staff to pupil ratio in each room. This is an excellent opportunity to join a pro-active environment that ensures maximum quality of care to its students, with a school that has the desire to do the very best for every young person. The Ideal SEN Teaching Assistant MUST have: Experience in care or education settings Understanding of complex needs, learning disabilities, Autism, sensory impairments Empathy, resilience and excellent communication skills Enthusiasm and commitment to positive outcomes An Enhanced child & adult DBS on the Update Service, or willingness to apply for one through Teaching Personnel If you are looking to take that next step and are wanting to develop your career within an SEN focused environment, apply with your UPDATED CV and our team will be in touch! All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details. All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date. Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website.