SEND Teaching Assistant

Roebuck Academy, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 8RG

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  March 2025

• Closing date

  28 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,891.00 - £24,685.00 Annually (FTE)

SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

SEND Teaching Assistant

E4 point 17-20 (22,891 – 24,685) Pro Rota TTO

Closing Date:28/02/25 12:00PM

We are looking to appoint an inspirational, enthusiastic and dedicated SEND Teaching Assistant who has a passion for working with children with SEND. Ideally, a candidate with experience of children with autism is preferred. However, if you are patient, keen to learn and able to work as part of a team, then your application would be warmly welcomed. A caring and nurturing approach to understanding the needs of children is essential. This post will initially be in EYFS. The role would require someone to work with our children for 32.5 hours a week (8:30am to 3:30pm). We are a forward-thinking school who are seeking someone who has the professional drive, ambition and ‘high expectations for all’ ethos that will make a real difference at our good school. We are at an exciting stage in our development as we continue our drive towards becoming an outstanding school. We can offer you the opportunity to work as part of a highly effective, motivated and happy team who are committed to raising standards and placing children at the heart of everything that we do.

As a school, we offer the following benefits:

A modern state of the art building and a unique and exciting future

Happy, friendly and well behaved children

A dedicated, motivated and caring team

A professional and supportive work environment

A range of professional development opportunities and tailored support programmes across the Hart Schools Trust

A positive atmosphere where there is a real ‘can do’ attitude

The successful applicant will:

have good interpersonal skills, have the ability to be flexible and work independently with guidance from the class teacher

have a caring disposition, able to support both the educational and emotional needs of

pupils

• Be able to work and support our children with SEND
• Be able to work 1:1 with specific children, carrying out specific tasks and prepare the learning environment and resources
• Liaise with the class teacher and SENCo and supporting individuals and groups
• Show a genuine interest in our children’s wellbeing and build a positive and respectful rapport with all children.
• Have experience of working with children with SEND

The successful candidate will be calm, confident and be able demonstrate the ability to accelerate the learning of individual children with SEND and/or small groups of children, under the direction of the class teacher and/or SENCo. They will be expected to support the class teacher with a variety of tasks to meet the ongoing needs of pupils. You would also be expected to carry out break and lunch duties, working as part of a team. If you are keen to make a difference, enjoy working as part of a supportive, dedicated and happy team please come and meet us – visits are warmly welcomed and recommended.

We are determined to find the perfect person for this post. As such, we reserve the right to take up references, conduct interviews and make an appointment before the closing date.

If you would like to find out more, please contact Mrs Vikki Kinsella, PA to the Headteacher (01438) 311937 or have a look at our website. at www.roebuck.herts.sch.uk

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 Roebuck Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 462 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Roebuck Academy website (opens in new tab)
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