Individual Needs Assistant

Location: Littlehampton

Position: SEN Teaching Assistant

Full Time – 5 days a week

Teaching Personnel are looking for a 1:1 SEN Teaching Assistant to start in April.

As a 1:1 Teaching Assistant, you will work closely with the SENCO and classroom teacher to provide individualized support and guidance to the student.

Main Responsibilities:

• Provide one-to-one support for a student with SEN, ensuring their physical, emotional, and educational needs are met.
• Implement and adapt learning activities to suit the student's individual needs and learning style.
• Monitor and record student progress, reporting to the SENCO and classroom teacher as required.
• Use appropriate behaviour management strategies to support the student's positive behaviour.

Requirements:

• Level 2 or Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualifications are desirable but not essential.
• Experience working with students with SEN, including autism, ADHD, and/or learning disabilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with students, colleagues, and parents/carers.
• Understanding of SEN, including strategies for supporting students with social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties.
• Positive attitude, flexibility, and willingness to learn.

If you’re looking for your next support role, apply today!

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.