Career Teachers Leicester are currently seeking an experienced SEND Teaching Assistant for a role in a specialist independent school - home in Leicester.
This will be an ongoing, full time role, starting as soon as possible
About the role
- Mainly supporting a student 1:1 that has complex and profound learning difficulties.
- Adapt to the needs of students and provide an inclusive and supportive learning environment.
- Assist the class teacher with general tasks, working closely with other members of staff to provide a nurturing environment for the students.
- help them achieve the best of their ability
Requirements
To be considered for the role of PMLD Teaching Assistant you will:
- Effective communication skills, able to adapt to children's individual needs
- Establish positive rapport with students and staff.
- Passionate about making a difference in young people's lives.
- Able to obtain suitable references and a DBS check.
- Experience within a SEND setting
Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:
Career Teachers Leicester is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.
What Career Teachers Leicester offer
As a valued employee of Career Teachers, you will receive:
- Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
- Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
- Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
- Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers' Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
- FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
- Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
- Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.
At Career Teachers we are fully compliant with Agency Worker Regulations, ensuring you receive equal treatment for pay and conditions after a 12 week qualifying period. Please ask for further details.
All quoted rates are inclusive of 12.07% holiday pay.
Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to:
- Attend an interview in person;
- Give details for us to complete Reference checks;
- Provide an Enhanced DBS disclosure
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.