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SEN Teaching Assistant

Job Description

Are you looking for a role where you can make a positive impact with vunerable children?

Do you thrive in a challenging however rewarding envinroment support pupils with SEN?

An Ofsted rated good primary school in Northampton has an exciting opportunity for a SEN Teaching Assistant to provide 1:1 support for a pupil who has behaviour difficutlies and has suffered trauma. This role will involve pastoral care, to help the pupil manange their emotions by provding a safe and naturing environment.

You will need to be resilient in de-escalating challenging behaviour, managing triggers and building rapport.

There will also be times where you may be required to support within the school's SEN provision which caters for children with Autism.

As the successful SEN TA, you will benefit from;

  • An extremley friendly and supportive school - very low staff turnover.
  • Experienced senior leadership team.
  • Competitive rates of pay.
  • Free training and CPD to support personal development.
  • Opportunity for teacher training.
  • Well being days.

If this role isnt quite what you are looking for, please still get in touch to discuss other available roles.

If you havent received a respsone within 7 working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occassion. For other available roles please refer to our website.

Dunbar Education is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding to ensure the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, to share this commitment. To adhere with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all registrations will be required to fill out our application form in, to receive work. This will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Dunbar Education is an equal opportunities employer and recognises the value of and seeks to achieve a diverse workforce in schools. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Dunbar Education is a member of ASPCo compliance plus, for more information please refer to our recruitment & selection policy statement.