Teaching Assistant - Level 1

Coombe House School; Greater London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A special education provider in Greater London is seeking a dedicated Special Needs Teaching Assistant to support students with various additional needs. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience and possess excellent communication and teamwork skills. This role involves not only teaching assistance but also promoting a positive learning environment and collaborating with other educational professionals. The organization is committed to safeguarding and providing a nurturing environment for children facing complex challenges.

Qualifications

• Experience as a teaching assistant, particularly in special needs.
• Ability to work with children experiencing social communication difficulties.
• Energy and passion for supporting children with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils with ASD, SEMH and other learning needs.
• Foster high achievement and motivation in pupils.
• Collaborate with specialist agencies and education staff.

Skills

Teamwork

Classroom management

Communication skills

Motivating pupils

Job description

The Beckmead Trust is an expanding learning and nurturing community for young people, with Educational Health Care Plans and various types of additional needs across various sites. We are seeking to recruit an experienced Special Needs Teaching Assistant to join The Beckmead Trust at our Schools in Croydon.

(Alternative Provision – Primary) Monks Orchard Road. BR3 3BZ

The successful candidate will already be an excellent teaching assistant with a commitment to fulfilling the needs of pupils experiencing social communication difficulties including ASD, SEMH and other learning needs. The ability to motivate pupils towards high achievement is essential. Excellent teamwork, classroom and communication skills are vital. Applications are welcomed from new and existing teaching assistants who have an energy and passion for working with children with complex needs.

As part of the Beckmead Trust, our ethos involves close collaboration with specialist and mainstream schools, outside specialist agencies with enhanced knowledge of our children’s needs and the private, voluntary and charity sectors within the communities in which we work.

If you share our vision of Love, Flourishing, Community and Social Justice. and if you have a desire to make a real difference to the lives of children in Croydon, we would welcome an application from you.

The Beckmead Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people so expect all staff and volunteers, as well as those who work on the premises, to share this commitment. As part of our safeguarding commitment, appointment to any post is subject to receipt of satisfactory references, medical clearance to include the ability to participate in Physical Intervention and a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check as well as evidence of the right to live and work in the United Kingdom. We will also carry out an online search on all shortlisted candidates to help identify any incidents or issues that are publicly available online.

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