SEND Support Assistant

Muriel Green Nursery School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 5JB

41 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP or June 2024

• Closing date

  30 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,413.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (Actual)

SEND Support Assistant job summary

The setting:

At Muriel Green Nursery & Day Care we believe that early years educational settings are crucial for a child’s development. Learning is the key to everything we do, but most importantly we know learning must be fun! Each day is spent developing children who are curious learners and preparing them for a life packed full of knowledge. Muriel Green has gone to great lengths to create an inspirational learning environment for the children, staff & families. Muriel Green Nursery School is a school with a commitment to ensuring that all children are included. Our children are happy, well behaved individuals with a passion for learning. Their politeness and developing growth mind sets inspire us all everyday.

The individual:

At Muriel Green Nursery & Day Care we want to make a change for people with careers in early years setting. We are looking for a team who see their role as more than a job. Our team must understand the importance of listening, observing & teaching the children though learning based play. We are a diverse and inclusive workforce packed full of like-minded educators who share a passion for knowledge & child development. You must be eager to learn. We encourage our teams to reach their full potential. We support them with a mix of growth initiatives and an incomparable learning environment from our Hertfordshire County Council apprenticeship scheme & the Continuing Professional Development programme.

Applicants will be working in the stimulating, exciting environment of our School. We are a friendly and dedicated staff who all work together to raise the achievement of our children within Muriel Green Nursery School.

As Muriel Green Nursery & Day care is part of the Hertfordshire County Council you employment will include the following benefits:

• Job security
• Apprenticeship Scheme
• Continuing Professional Development
• Private medical insurance - physio, 24GP and much more
• Cycle to work scheme
• Government pension scheme
• Mental Health Support: Wellbeing coach, calming staff lounge
• 50% off childcare in Roots Federation Settings

There is more…

• Our refer a friend scheme - if you can bring a new member to join our team for 6 months plus, there will be a bonus for you.
  
• Well-being for our staff is at the core of your vision, we provide a calming space, listening year, a well-being package and close working family.
  

Experience of working with children with SEN would be an advantage.

We welcome all applicants, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or religion.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role involves working closely with children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

All applicants are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as part of Hertfordshire County Council’s pre-employment checks. Any appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of a DBS and other safeguarding checks and also to satisfactory references being obtained.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Muriel Green Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 5
• Education phase: Nursery
• School size: 71 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 5
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Muriel Green Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/muriel-green-nursery-school

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