SEND Teaching Assistant

Our wonderful school is looking for Teaching Assistants to join them! Are you considering a new role in education? Are you looking to work with young people with special educational needs & disabilities as a TA?Apply today!Start date: Next Term or ASAPPay: £84 Per Day, Temp to PermHours: Term Time Only, Monday to Friday 08:30-15:30 Driver: Not essential.Our school are looking for Teaching Assistants that:- Have Resilience- Have Confidence- Have Good Behaviour Management (challenging behaviour can be present)- Have Good Organisational Skills- Have Experience with Young People- Have Initiative, and Apply Proactive and Reactive Traits- Are Friendly, Personable and Approachable- Are Team PlayersIn this school, you will be working closely with young people with special educational needs & disabilities, like all other teaching assistant roles out there, whichever school you apply for. Experience, wherever you have gained it, with SEND is very desirable but the school are open to inexperienced candidates looking to learn quickly within the role. As the school has children of all a range of ages, we request that you consider flexibility in the area of the school you would work in, although we will seek a particular key stage (for example) that you would prefer and experience in a certain are will be considered.Backgrounds with transferable skills:Care WorkerSupport WorkerYouth WorkerYouth Clubs WorkerCoaches of activities and sportNursery PractitionersTutoringPsychology & Criminology GraduatesChild Development and other relevant Childcare courses, children psychology/therapy/teaching interestLife experience (SEND, SEMH/behaviour within family, friends, other areas)Mental health rolesSchool volunteering experience (including placements)Childminding, babysitting experienceFoster care experienceYou will also work around young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health issues within the school: SEMH needs are a type of special educational need where a child communicates through behaviour in response to unmet social, emotional or mental health needs.Children with SEMH needs often have difficulties in managing their emotions or their behaviour. They can show inappropriate responses to their emotions. They can feel scared, anxious and misunderstood. Teaching assistants will need patience, understanding and confidence with any behaviour that may be challenging. Being a Teaching Assistant is helping those who need it most, whatever the needs of the children are. This amazing school has asked us for dedicated Teaching Assistants passionate about making a difference and becoming part of an amazing team. Apply Today!Important Notice: To successfully apply 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. Pink Tile is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. During the application process, you will be required to:- Provide details for us to complete reference checks before employment.- Provide an Enhanced DBS on the update service or be willing to obtain one (which Pink Tile can assist with).Pink Tile Education, their schools and candidates all share the view of "Best Fit, Every Time" and our role is to ensure that every candidate we place has a positive impact on the team of their new employers. Please note the pay is inclusive of the 12.07% PAYE holiday.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 sometimes cannot reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time, your application may have been unsuccessful on this specific occasion, but we encourage you to apply for positions that you may see in the future. Alternatively, please check missed calls and all your email folders as it may have been that we have tried to reach you. Thank you.