SEN Teaching Assistant

Key information

· Contract: Full Time Permanent

· Monday to Friday

· Term Time Only

· Working Hours: 9am-4pm

We are looking for experienced Teaching Assistants to join our team. We look to recruit the best compassionate and empathetic staff to make a difference to lives of vulnerable children and young people and their families, through a robust Safer Recruitment process. Children’s learning and development should be fun and motivating and should be built around their interests. The offer to the child should be inspirational and re-ignite their aspirations and learning.

The child is the curriculum and should be placed at the heart of any programme you are asking them to engage in.

What we can offer you

• Support from our dedicated and knowledgeable team.
• Continual professional development through online and face to face training
• Competitive pay rates related to your experience
• Opportunities to enhance career prospects within an exciting unique organisation·
• Membership of a Pension Scheme

Person specification

The person(s) we are looking for should:

. Have a full UK driving License

· Have a growth mindset (self-belief)

· Show your personality

· Empathic & caring

· Resourceful and engaging

· Innovative & creative

· Committed

· Buy into the philosophy & ethos of Navigators

· Have excellent personal organisational skills.

· Be a great team worker

· Possess basic ICT skills

Duties of role will include being able:

• To know your student - by reading and understanding referral and application information from schools, local authorities, social workers and any other professional bodies (including Education & Health Care Plans, behaviour logs, educational psychologists and other relevant reports) and be in constant communication with these professionals
• To plan and deliver engaging and enriching 1:1 mentoring/support sessions, including sourcing relevant resources and activities and record these on Teams
• To discuss, plan and deliver an individual and bespoke personal development learning programme using the Level 1 Personal Development Curriculum and resources and record this on Teams
• To provide classroom, remote and online learning support for your students in English & maths and other subject areas in liaison with teachers, your line manager and other relevant staff.
• To keep teaching staff updated of any issues with education element and keep them informed of progress.
• To plan and deliver a wide range of enrichment activities which promote learning, good behaviour, and to improve and develop social skills and well-being.
• To work with management to ensure smooth transition and induction for new students, including 2 week review of placement.
• To record student attendance within 15 minutes of the set pick up time.
• To always keep students safe
• To be alert and aware of student whereabouts, especially unstructured times of the day (breaks, lunch, recreation and trips to toilets etc.)
• To report any safeguarding immediately using the systems available.
• To maintain daily, weekly and termly accurate records on students which record the planned activities, whereabouts and measure the impact of your intervention – Daily Logs/Weekly Planners/Student Progress Reports
• To have a full driving license and car is essential as travel to different areas to pick up the student before the start of their session

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From £20,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Manchester, Greater Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Special education: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person