SEND Teaching Assistant

If you’re passionate about supporting children who have SEND & SEMH needs, this is the role for you. Use your knowledge, experience and expertise to work for us as an Education Specialist at Monarch Education.

Monarch Education are working alongside a Primary School in the Coventry area. This role will involve working 1:1 and will be term time only. Candidates must have relevant experience, for example in schools or with children/young adults.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have worked with SEND/SEMH pupils
• Have experience working with young people
• Be highly organised with excellent communication skills
• Have a desire to work with, inspire and support children
• Have good behaviour management skills
• Have experience supporting children with additional needs (desirable not essential)
• Be able to supply school or teaching references

Main Responsibilities:

• Working closely with one pupil at a time (the pupil you work with may be the same each day)
• Supporting a range of pupils, including those with additional needs and challenging behaviours
• Supporting the class teacher and other teaching assistants in the day to day running of the class
• Supporting children during lessons/school activities
• Supporting staff/children during lunch and break times
• Managing difficult behaviours
• Delivering 1:1 or small group activities
• Collecting evidence of children’s work to support their assessment

Benefits of working with Monarch Education:

• You will be paid a competitive daily wage, based on your experience
• You will receive free, up to date safeguarding training
• Dedicated consultant allocated to support you with any questions or concerns
• CV writing support
• Fast, effective compliance service
• £200 for any successful referral of Teachers and £100 for Teaching Assistants
• Training workshops and CPD courses to provide professional development

Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list. This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.

Monarch Education is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, age, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity or disability.

This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.

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