Description
Job Advertisement: Special Needs Teaching Assistant
Position: Special Needs Teaching Assistant
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Employment Type: Full-Time, Long-Term (with potential for permanent contract)
Agency: Career Teachers
Working Hours: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM, Monday to Friday
About the Role:
Career Teachers is seeking compassionate and dedicated Special Needs Teaching Assistants to join our team in a specialist setting. These full-time roles involve supporting learners with additional learning needs, providing essential assistance to help them achieve their full potential.
Key Responsibilities:
Assist in the planning and delivery of tailored educational activities and interventions for students with additional learning needs.
Provide one-on-one or small group support to students, ensuring their individual needs are met.
Foster a positive and inclusive learning environment that encourages student engagement and participation.
Collaborate with teachers, SEN coordinators, and other professionals to implement individualized education plans (IEPs).
Monitor and record student progress, providing feedback to teachers and parents as needed.
Support students with personal care and mobility needs, if required.Requirements:
Experience working with children with special educational needs (SEN) is highly desirable.
Strong understanding of SEN best practices and strategies.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Patience, empathy, and a genuine passion for supporting students with additional learning needs.
Ability to work effectively as part of a team.Benefits:
Competitive salary.
Opportunities for professional development and training.
Supportive and collaborative working environment.
Potential for a permanent contract with the school.How to Apply:
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of students with additional learning needs and meet the above requirements, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV.
At Career Teachers we are fully compliant with Agency Worker Regulations, ensuring you receive equal treatment for pay and conditions after a 12 week qualifying period. Please ask for further details.
All quoted rates are inclusive of 12.07% holiday pay.
Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to:
– Attend an interview in person;
– Give details for us to complete Reference checks;
– Provide an Enhanced DBS disclosure
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients
