Special Needs Teaching Assistant

Overview

Special needs teaching assistant

Zen Educate are seeking someone to work at an alternative provision in Bristol on a full time and long term basis supporting primary aged students with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. This would ideally be starting in the New Year and be working 8:30-3:30 Monday to Friday and term time only. The school is located in west Bristol, housed in an old manor house with outdoor facilities.

Classroom sizes are about six students per class with substantial adult staffing to support. The school aims to engage students with their education and provide a stable, safe environment for students to express themselves in healthy ways.

Support primary aged students with social, emotional and mental health needs; contribute to a stable, safe and supportive learning environment; assist in engaging students with their education and monitor progress in collaboration with teachers and other teaching assistants.

• Experience in working with special needs, specifically those mental health based.
• Experience in working with children ideally, and a school environment would be ideal but not essential.
• A resilient attitude and able to handle the challenges of difficult behaviours and have a strong understanding of how to build relationships with such students with clear boundaries and expectations.
• Able to honour commitments and be a reliable and consistent team member.
• Can work well in a team and communicate well among both other teaching assistants and teachers about students and their progress.
• An enhanced DBS on the update service, either one you currently hold or a new one on application.

Zen can offer competitive pay, training and support to help you excel with the potential to go permanent should the placement work well.

Get in touch today to see if you can make a difference and a positive change to a vulnerable student.