SLD Teaching Assistant
Job Type : Contract, Full Time
Salary : £70 – £85/day
High quality teaching, social and health care facilities
A chance to be part of a dedicated specialist team and Supportive and rewarding working environment
The schools are both a residential and day school for pupils with physical disabilities, complex medical needs and associated learning and communication difficulties from age 5 to 18 years old.
The schools are looking for Teaching and Learning Support Assistants to help provide high quality support for teaching and learning within the school and classroom settings.
Key Skills
-Must hold a valid DBS certificate issued within the last 12 months.
-Experience in working with children with SLD.
-Informing and advising other support staff deployed in lessons to enable them to effectively support students’ learning.
-Ensuring effective communication with, and between, staff and students and contribute to securing efficiency and high standards of care and personal development for students.
-Delivering particular strategies and programmes for students.
-The ability to use a wide range of communication techniques (PECS, Makaton).
-To lead on general support duties including providing physical management and personal care.
-Be committed in working with pupils with SLD.
-Experience of complex physical and medical needs is desirable.
-An aspiration to enable students to learn and achieve meaningful independence is essential.
-Must be able to use own initiative and be an active team player.
-Good organizational skills.
-Certificates in manual handling desirable.
-Experience in using hoist is desirable.
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