Teaching Assistant - Redhill - Special Needs School

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Job description

Special Needs Learning Support - Teaching Assistant - Innovative & Progressive School

Students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) and Autism.

Social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs are a type of special educational needs in which children/young people have severe difficulties in managing their emotions and behaviour. They often show inappropriate responses and feelings to situations.

This means that they have trouble in building and maintaining relationships with peers and adults; they can also struggle to engage with learning and to cope in classroom without additional strategies and interventions. Children with SEMH will often feel anxious, scared and misunderstood.

Typical characteristics of children with SEMH can include:

* Disruptive, antisocial and uncooperative behaviour
* Temper tantrums
* Frustration, anger and verbal and physical threats / aggression
* Withdrawn and depressed attitudes
* Anxiety and self-harm
* Stealing
* Truancy
* Vandalism
* Drug abuse
* Setting fires

Recent figures estimate that around 150,000 children in mainstream and special schools are suffering from SEMH.

SEMH does not have to be a lifelong condition. With appropriate support children and young people can move forward and live successful lives.

What is involved:

* Providing assistance and supervision for students before, during and after lessons
* Assisting students to understand and participate in set tasks in an appropriate way
* Assisting with note taking and supporting literacy and numeracy
* Working with individual learners
* Encouraging the development of appropriate social skills
* To ensure accurate individual student records are maintained
* Helping to build confidence and motivation
* Participating in team meetings and training programmes as an active member of a team
* Working with managers and employees to support the developing culture of the organisation
* Following 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)

What is required:

* An Undergraduate Degree (preferable) or experience working with children and/or the youth
* Good general education levels in English and Maths
* Knowledge, keen interest or understanding of the range of different types of learning difficulties and disabilities
* Ability to adapt to a various working environments and students with differing abilities
* A co-operative working style
* Practical approach to the needs of students with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (LDD)
* Good interpersonal and communication skills
* A caring attitude and a good listener
* Flexibility in terms of working patterns
* Self motivation

The nuts and bolts:

* Graduate Learner Support Assistant / Teaching Assistant
* £65 to £80 daily rate
* Special Educational Needs

Apply now!