Position Overview
Are you an experienced SEN/PMLD Teaching Assistant with a passion to make a difference to children who have PMLD? TLTP are looking for an experienced SEN/PMLD TA for an Outstanding SEN School based in Romford. The school is committed to the development and delivery of high-quality relationships with families and local community organisations to ensure that the children attending the school achieve their full potential and become respected and active members of the local community.
Responsibilities
* Work with children aged 5–19 years old.
* Work with children with PMLD, global delay, ASD, ADHD.
* Provide personal care to students.
* Assist the teacher with lesson planning.
* Use PECs to communicate with students.
* Work one on one or in small groups.
* Use a hoist.
Additional duties include:
* Collaborate with the classroom teacher to define appropriate activities for the pupils in relation to the curriculum.
* Assess children who have long or short-term learning difficulties and work with colleagues to identify individual pupils' special needs.
* Liaise with other professionals, such as social workers, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and educational psychologists.
* Work closely with parents and guardians.
* Organise learning outside the classroom in activities such as community visits, school outings or sporting events.
* Assist severely disabled pupils’ personal care/medical needs.
* Administration, including updating and maintaining records of pupils’ progress.
* Attend statutory annual reviews or other related meetings, such as Looked After Child (LAC) reviews, regarding students with a SEN, which may involve reviewing Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans.
* Receive in-service training.
* Manage behaviour and provide behaviour management strategies.
Qualifications & Experience
* Experience working with ASD or complex needs.
* Experience in PECS or MAKATON ideal.
* Willingness to provide personal care.
* Passion for working with children with complex disabilities.
* Excellent behaviour management skills.
* Ability to build positive relationships with young people and staff.
* Experience working with primary-aged pupils in a special needs environment.
Benefits
* A committed and enthusiastic staff.
* Quality professional development.
* An exciting opportunity to shape the future of the school and set the culture for achievement and progress for all pupils.
* A purposeful, happy and supportive environment with learning for all at its centre.
Equal Opportunities
TLTP Group is an Equal Opportunities employer. Subject to observance of all UK and EU current legislation we shall not discriminate to exclude individuals on the grounds of age, race, colour, gender (birth or reassigned), sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, marital status, ethnic or national origin, health, pregnancy, childcare responsibilities or criminal records. Candidates from such groups are actively encouraged to apply.
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