Do you enjoy working within a team and helping young people to achieve?
We are supporting Special Needs Schools in Wandsworth in their search for enthusiastic Special Needs assistants. The schools supports students aged 5 to 19 years old - they exists to provide pupils with a consistent support that nurtures educational and social well being to create independent, empathetic and ambitious young adults who hold themselves to high standards and make a positive contribution to the communities in which they live.
The teams you will be coming into are hardworking, dedicated and highly skilled, they like to provide a warm, safe and welcoming school where children can express themselves creatively.
The roles are available to start in September and would be either on a 12-week temp to perm basis, or on ongoing contract basis - working Monday to Friday 8:45 to 16:30
Your main duties will include:
- Offer support for students before, during and after lessons
- Assist students to understand and participate in set tasks
- Be flexible to work with whole class groups, small groups or individual learners
- Help promote each students love of learning
- Join team meetings and training programmes as an active member of a team
- Follow regulations pertaining to safeguarding
- Where required, supporting individual needs including assisting with a wide range of medical and occasionally personal care tasks as necessary and providing physical support where needed (training will be provided in giving medical care and support)
- inspiring and engaging with children with a range of additional learning needs
- working on a 1:1 to or group basis to support learning
- preparing materials, equipment and lessons
- assisting with the personal care needs of pupils; this may include feeding, changing and manual handling
- liaising with parents, carers and professionals such as teachers, education welfare officers, social workers and Healthcare professionals
The suitable candidate will have:
- An undergraduate degree, and/or prior experience working alongside pupils with SEND
- Good general education levels in English and Maths
- Knowledge, keen interest or understanding of the range of different types of learning difficulties and disabilities (SEMH, ASC, challenging behaviour)
- Ability to adapt to a various working environments and students with differing abilities
- Practical approach to the needs of students with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
- Good interpersonal and communication skill and a caring attitude
- Flexibility in terms of working patterns
Please note, successful applicants will be subject to references and an up-to-date DBS, or be willing to apply for a Starfyn Education DBS.
Contact us at Starfyn Education on 01483 355377 for further information
