SEND Inclusion Facilitator (Small group specialist unit)
Bungay Primary School, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1HA22 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
13 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,269.00 - £29,093.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 4, Point 11 to Point 15
SEND Inclusion Facilitator (Small group specialist unit) job summary
Job title: SEND Inclusion Facilitator (Small group specialist unit)
Hours: 31 hours per week, 39 weeks a year. Fixed term for 2 years in the first instance.
Asset Education reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
The person
We are looking for a hard-working and enthusiastic person with a passion for SEND and Inclusion, who wants to make a difference to the pupils and families they serve. You will have high standards, be a good communicator and collaborate effectively with others. The ability to show care, compassion and be able to use your own initiative is imperative. You will be an experienced TA with experience of supporting pupils with SEND and have the ability to lead the group. You will contribute in creating a supportive environment that meets the needs of children with a range of needs - and have high expectations for childrenʼs learning and future lives. The ability to build strong and meaningful relationships with pupils, parents, carers and other stakeholders is essential. This is an exciting opportunity to join ASSET Education, a Trust that puts wellbeing, humanity and excellence first in order to deliver the very best educational experiences for pupils. You can find out more about ASSET Education, our philosophy and values, and our wonderful schools on our website: www.asseteducation.co.uk
Job Description
Job Description You will support the development of a group of Reception and KS1 pupils who join the Flourish campus at Bungay. These pupils will be placed due to their special educational needs via the local authority panels. You will work with individuals, teach small groups and sometimes the class and contribute to create a nurturing environment. You will contribute to next step planning, ensuring outcomes of Pupil Profiles IEPs and EHCPs are met and that children progress. You will hold a belief that there are no limits to learning and commit to ensuring that every young person achieves their potential. Responsibilities include:
★ Support the teacher in creating a nurturing, communication rich environment whereby both staff and pupils flourish
★ Embed an ethos of aspiration, high expectation, low threat whereby staff model expectation through positive interactions with pupils and their families
★ Model excellent communication and interaction with pupils and their families and positive behaviour management strategies; ensuring behaviour expectations are understood by all
★ Deliver interventions, make observations and contribute to next step planning
★ Supporting children in fulfilling their academic potential but recognise that school is about much more than that
★ Engaging children in their learning by being enthusiastic and approachable
★ Work closely with families and carers; building positive and effective relationships that support pupils to feel safe, secure and make progress
★ To support the pupils in the development of skills, e.g. managing emotions and behaviour, speech, motor-control, communication, sensory regulation, basic skills such as vocabulary, reading, writing, spelling and mathematics by encouraging concentration, communication, sharing and other social skills
★ To closely monitor the way in which the children are managing the school environment/the demands of the school day and make adjustments as appropriate to accommodate the childrenʼs needs
★ To assist with children at the beginning and end of the day and in the playground as required and to have an awareness of and adherence to all school safeguarding procedures and participate in training as appropriate
★ Work closely with families and carers; building positive and effective relationships that support pupils to feel safe, secure and make progress
ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Bungay Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 186 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bungay Primary School website
School location
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