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Full Time SEND Teaching Assistant
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire
- Contract·On-site
- Full time
- £85 - £100 Per Day
Job Description
Are you a SEND Teaching Assistant in the Barnsley area and looking for the next step in your career?
Are you looking for flexibility and the opportunity to experience different school settings alongside a better work/life balance?
Trust Education are a dedicated and supportive team who offer a friendly, personable service with collectively over 40+ years of experience within the education sector. We aim to match your Primary Teaching Assistant skills and support style with our amazing partner schools.
Key Responsibilities
- Support children including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
- Work closely with the class teacher and SENCO to deliver individual and small-group interventions.
- Adapt activities and resources to meet pupils’ individual learning, communication, and sensory needs.
- Promote children’s social, emotional, language, and physical development.
- Encourage independence, confidence, and positive behaviour.
- Observe, monitor, and record pupils’ progress and share feedback with staff and parents as appropriate.
- Create a safe, inclusive, and nurturing learning environment.
- Build positive relationships
Person Specification
- Experience working with primary-aged children in a school setting.
- Good English and Maths skills.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Patient, caring, and able to engage and support pupils.
- Organised, reliable, and able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, and pupil wellbeing
- Experience supporting pupils with SEND.
Desirable
- Relevant Teaching Assistant qualification or training.
- Experience supporting pupils with SEND.
- Knowledge of the primary curriculum.
- Experience delivering interventions or small-group support.
- First aid qualification (or willingness to undertake training).
- Commitment to ongoing professional development.
Additional Information
- The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check