SEND Specialist Teaching Assistant  SEMH / Autism Specialism

The Harmony Trust Ltd, Oldham, OL4 1RR

42 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Pending completion of pre-employment checks

• Closing date

  5 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 36.66 Hours per week, 39 weeks per annum
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 6 SCP 23-27

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a candidate who has experience and expertise in the following:

• SEMH and supporting those pupils who may dysregulate as a result of their needs

• Understanding of Autism and how to support pupils with Autism to thrive

The post holder will be deployed across multiple Inclusion Hubs within our Harmony Trust schools in Derby.

The successful candidate will: 

• Have experience of working with children in an educational setting who have complex individual SEND needs in a Teaching Assistant capacity or equivalent. 

• Have an NVQ3 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification or experience 

• Have specialist training or experience in Social, emotional and mental health; and with knowledge and experience of SEND needs including Communication and interaction; Cognition and learning; Sensory and/or physical. 

• Have knowledge and experience working with pupils with Autism.

• Have the ability to understand and develop the appropriate strategies and interventions that enable children to meet their EHC outcomes or personal targets. 

• Have the ability to provide coaching and development to staff. 

• Have a good understanding of safeguarding issues  

• Work in partnership with teaching staff and other professionals as well as agencies, voluntary groups and service providers. 

What the school offers its staff

As a Trust we are working to our commitment within the strategic plan to develop specialist provision through the Inclusion Hub model. This is to enable an integrated offer for those children who need it most and to provide families with greater choice for their child’s education.

The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to the inclusion of every child regardless of their need or circumstance. They will take a lead role in provision under the guidance and supervision of the Hub teacher or Specialist Practitioner. They will coach and mentor others within the academies to build capacity in our SEND workforce and advise on adaptations of curriculum to meet the needs of the pupil. They will support children to meet their intended outcomes and support leaders, teachers and teaching assistants with the strategies needed to effectively support key pupils.  The full requirements of the role are included within the attached Job Description.  

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

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About The Harmony Trust Ltd

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Harmony Trust Ltd website
• Email address: htrecruitment@theharmonytrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-harmony-trust-ltd

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