Job Description
Five Education is looking for a SEND Teaching Assistant to support young children with special needs. The role is to work within a reception classroom with students aged 4-6 and primarily be supporting two students with high needs. The children may display signs of demand avoidance tendencies and emotional dysregulation. Therefore, the main responsibilities are to make learning fun through different approaches and be patient in helping the student find emotional coping strategies. There will be class teachers and early year practitioners to support you in the classroom.
The position is full time, following the school calendar year and the standard hours are 8:30am - 3:30pm. Experience with SEMH, high needs children, and autism is highly desired. The successful candidate will be resilient, proactive and confident in handling challenging behaviour. The role will be ASAP until July, and then continuing again from September.
Main Responsibilities
Assisting the teacher with classroom management
Assisting pupils throughout the day, helping them to remain focussed and on task
Offering one-on-one or small group assistance to students who require extra help
Supporting students' social and emotional development, offering encouragement and guidance
Essential Criteria
Have an interest in supporting children/young people
Right to work in the UK
Relevant references and DBS/poli...