SEN Teaching Assistant (Lowestoft)

Job Summary by the Career Balance Team:

The role of the SEN Teaching Assistant is to deliver high quality alternative teaching and learning on a one-to-one basis, primarily for students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Social, Mental, and Emotional Health issues. The assistant will use creative and varied teaching methods to engage students who are out of mainstream education, with the goal of helping them integrate back into a mainstream or specialist setting. Key skills required include recent experience teaching SEN students up to Key Stage 4 and the ability to travel to different schools. The assistant will also be responsible for planning and delivering lessons, tracking progress, and communicating with parents and schools. The position is part-time and pays £25.00-£30.00 per hour.

Job Description:The role of the SEN Teaching Assistant is to deliver high quality alternative teaching and learning on mainly a one to one basis working with pupils that have either Special Educational Needs, Social, Mental and Emotional Health. Delivery will be within identified and agreed location this could be school, pupil’s home or external venue. You will be using creative and varied teaching methods to engage pupils who are out of mainstream education. The role is to help and support with the development and progression of learning and to integrate them back into mainstream/specialist setting. Your role will be to work to develop identified areas of weakness.

Reports to: Alternative Provision Lead

Key information:
The job description is not necessarily a comprehensive definition of the post and it may be subject to modification or amendment after consultation with the post holder

The Key Skills you’ll need:

• Recent Experience Teaching SEN Students up to KS4
• Be able to reliably travel to several different schools across the city

Additional Skills & Responsibilities

• Teach
• Plan, prepare and deliver teaching and learning for individual pupils with different needs
• Work from identified teaching areas including SEN
• Teach following the national curriculum as appropriate for the need of the individual
• Use relevant resources and equipment
• Provide feedback to pupils
• Working in a range environments
• Adapting materials and delivery to meet the needs of the learners
• Track and monitor progress
• Assess learning and development for each pupil
• Manage behaviour and dynamics
• Communicate with parents, schools and Local authority
• Understand EHCP

Key Accountabilities

• Follow LA/school policy
• Respect confidentiality
• Work in line with GDPR, safeguarding, Equality and Diversity and PREVENT policies

Job Type: Part-time

Salary: £25.00-£30.00 per hour
Schedule:
Monday to Friday

Work Location: On the roadLocation: East Anglia, Lowestoft