Secondary School Teaching Assistants (SEMH)
Long-term Teachers are working with a fantastic secondary special school in Swindon seeking 3 Teaching Assistants to join their enthusiastic team in September on a full-time basis. The right candidate should want to inspire young minds and make a real difference in education. This school are an essential part of the community and play a pivotal role in these students futures.
Located across 3 sites in Swindon, the secondary school is committed to providing support to students with Social, Emotional & Mental Health Needs (SEMH) among other special needs & disabilities. One of the vacancies is that their main secondary site, another is more of a 1-1 role and there is also a role at their Adolescent Unit School. The AUS role is looking after students that suffer from major mental health issues so requires someone empathetic who has incredible resilience.
Position Details:
* Role: Teaching Assistant (ages 11-16)
* Start Date: September
* Location: SN2, Swindon
* Contract: Full-time, Long-term/Permanent
Key Responsibilities:
* Providing general emotional support to students across the school
* Assisting class teachers with lesson planning and overall classroom management
* Providing 1-1 support for students with SEMH & ASD
* Being proactive in your support of the students
Requirements:
* Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent.
* Experience working with secondary-aged children, preferably within a UK setting.
* Being strong/confident in dealing with challenging behaviour
* Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills.
* Passion for mental health within education
* Team Teach training preferred
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.