- Full time
- KS3 - KS4
- Term time only
- Starting at £90 per day
Long-Term Teachers are working with a fantastic secondary special school in Tiverton who are seeking adaptable and flexible learning support assistants to join their enthusiastic team. The ideal candidate will be passionate about supporting young people with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. You must be confident and resilient in dealing with challenging behaviour.
Key duties:
- Providing general classroom support, in additional to 1:1 support and small group interventions when required
- Support the teacher with lesson preparation and supervision, including gathering resources and setting up activities
- Promote the safeguarding of all children, ensuring they feel safe and well supported
- Manage behaviour effectively and meet students needs in line with their EHCP's
- Support the students overall access to the curriculum
About you:
- Has a real passion for working with young people, especially those with autism and ADHD
- Proactive, resilient and willing to get 'stuck in'
- Has a good sense of humour and loves working as part of a team
- Able to engage children in their learning
- Build strong, positive relationships with children, staff and parents/carers
- Previous experience working individuals with autism and ADHD is desirable
If you are an experienced TA or have previous experience with working with individuals with additional needs, this would be the perfect role for you!
You will be required to work 8am - 3pm, Monday to Friday during term-time only. You will be well supported and will receive regular opportunities for professional development.
Working with Long-term Teachers:
We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.
LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.
Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.
We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.
In addition you will receive:
- Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities
- Permanent job roles
- Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process
- Working to Agency Workers Regulations
- Interview preparation, advice and support
- Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay