SEND Teaching Assistant
Brimington Junior School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 1HF14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
20 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12,814.00 Annually (Actual) 21 hours per week. Fixed term until 31/08/2026.
SEND Teaching Assistant job summary
We are looking for a warm hearted and hardworking TA to join our wonderful team!
Brimington Junior School is a warm and inclusive community where every child is celebrated for who they are. Our mission is to nurture the ‘whole child’ and to inspire them to ‘Go Further’ and reach their full potential.
This role will be to support children with EHCP funding to help them work towards their targets.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES
To work in all areas of the curriculum, where needed, to help pupils improve their level of understanding and achievement (social, behavioural, academic etc).
Organising and running specific groups and interventions designed to support learning development
In conjunction with the Headteacher and SENDCO and other team members, to ensure appropriate support exists for special needs pupils within a particular school situation.
To contribute towards progress meetings, providing evidence of impact.
To remain up-to-date with personal training and new initiatives.
To be responsible for disseminating their training to other TA’s and teachers as appropriate.
To assist with the personal hygiene, toileting, grooming and mobility and social skills within the establishment.
General care and supervision of child(ren) during the school day including break times.
Where appropriate keeping observational records of a child’s development and progress.
To develop a good relationship with parents and other professionals involved in supporting particular children.
To assist with resolving the behavioural and emotional problems of children under the direction of senior staff and in line with school policy.
To participate in the implementation of programmes set by therapists and psychologists.
To assist the Teacher to mount and display work/information for children and adults.
To participate at and in preparation for school events within normal working hours.
To accompany pupils and teachers on educational visits
With the support of the SENDCO offer 1:1 support through specialised programmes.
To support staff in completing the schools SEND assessment strategy.
To participate in the school appraisal system
To carry out any reasonable duties within the overall function commensurate with the grading and level of responsibility of the job.
Context
The descriptions below of our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ define the work we are developing as a Trust. They are an aspiration, and we are always striving to achieve them.
We ensure our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ hold us to account for the work we do.
Why do we exist?
Our purpose is to ensure every LEARNER has choices about their future
- Our first job is to support and extend learning for pupils to provide them with the skills and knowledge to make those choices.
- Our second job is to make sure no child is ignored, no family is unsupported and no life is wasted, by providing intervention at the earliest opportunity.
- Our responsibility to education is to provide an environment where practitioners can collaborate, learn from each other, take risks and reflect
How will we act?
We will use our purpose as a driver for our culture, ensuring we are;
Connected (sharing information openly, broadly and deliberately)
Helpful (embracing servant leadership and use initiative to solve the problem)
Organised (employing efficient strategies and trust colleagues to deliver)
Informed (asking coaching questions to understand what is happening)
Candid (disagreeing openly and compassionately)
Effective (only retaining our best elements and looking for continuous improvement)
Simple (avoiding complexity and increasing clarity)
What is our strategy?
We will use our culture to ensure the work of the Trust;
Focuses on creating capacity (time and resources) for schools
Ensures support is agile, providing intervention at the earliest opportunity
Supports schools to employ and invest in the best educators for children
Seeks continuous improvement and disruptive innovation
This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person.
Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
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 Brimington Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 306 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Brimington Junior School website
School location
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