SEN Teaching Assistant - Year 1

Your new company Hays Recruitment are currently supporting a lovely single-form entry primary school in Winsford as they are looking to appoint a motivated and reliable teaching assistant to support a pupil in year 1 on a 1:1 basis. This is a long-term contract with working hours consisting of 8:30am - 12:30pm. Your new role Within your new role as a teaching assistant within this school you will be supporting a pupil in year 1 on a 1:1 basis. You will support this pupil throughout the morning, meeting them at the school gate, ensuring that all lessons/activities are inclusive and engaging, and walk them back to their grown-up at lunch. This pupil does have SEN but does not present challenging behaviours or profound needs. They find it extremely difficult to engage with learning material so you will be required to build a strong constructive relationship with the pupil so as to associate learning material with their interests and promote learning/engagement. What you'll need to succeed To be considered in your application, you must have full "Right to Work" in the UK as well as recent reference experience working with children and young people, as well as: Experience working with challenging behaviours The ability to promote learning and engagement Be able to commit to a long-term contract What you'll get in return If you are successful in your application, you will recieve the full support, dedication and guidance of a senior DfE accredited recruitment consultant, as well as a wide range of benefits, which include: Free training Competitive rate of pay Full holiday entitlement Company pension Long-term contract Access to exclusive vacancies Refer a Friend scheme What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)