Teaching Assistant - Classroom Support : Job Details

Classroom Support are recruiting on behalf of a Central Folkestone based Primary School for 3 x Teaching Assistants to start in April on long-term contracts.

The school in question has fantastic support mechanisms and facilities for their staff, a wonderful and rewarding environment with several options to progress within the school for the right candidates.

Position 1: The school are looking for Teaching Assistants who have experience or qualifications in BSL to support children who are either fully Deaf or with Hearing Impairments.

Position 2: The school are looking for someone who has strong experience supporting pupils that exhibit challenging behaviour. They require support for a Year 3 boy with ADHD and ASD.

Position 3: The school are looking for a general 'Teaching Assistant’ supporting pupils in Reception class and KS1. There are two SEN students within the classroom, a Year R boy with GDD and SPlg who is academically working at Nursery level and requires support with his verbalisation and a girl from Year 1 who has undiagnosed SEN but is showing traits of Autism and struggles to focus.

There is a highly competitive rate of pay between £85 and £90 per day for working hours of 8.30am - 3.30pm.

Working days are Monday-Friday (term time only).

You will need one of the main requirements below;

- Experience supporting pupils with either, ASD, ADHD, GDD or SPlg

- Experience working with pupils that at times exhibit challenging behaviours

- For the class TA role, candidates who have General TA experience combined with a SEN support background would be advantageous

- Experience supporting students in 1:1 and group settings (any interventions experience is advantageous)

- Working under the guidance of the classroom Teacher and helping to prepare and plan daily resources for learning

- Any experience of BSL Level 2 or above is highly advantageous

IMPORTANT - You must have or be willing to pay for a DBS on the update service.

If you meet all the above criteria and would like the opportunity to work with a highly desired Folkeston school, please apply today and we will contact you ASAP!