Your new company
Hays Recruitment are supporting a SEN Secondary School in Liverpool. They require motivated and experienced Teaching Assistants to support students across all year groups (KS3, KS4, KS5). This is a long-term contract that will start in September and the school supports students with a variety of complex needs including ASD, none-verbal, downs syndrome, PDA and GLD.

Your new role

In your new role as an SEN Teaching Assistant within this school, you will be required to work across all year groups as required. You will be supporting pupils with SEN on a 1:1 and group basis, holding intervention and booster sessions, speech and language, phonics and support in all core subjects as required. You will effectively monitor and manage the students' engagement and behaviour by using positive behaviour techniques, including effectively identifying trigger points, distraction techniques, and taking students out of the class as required.

What you'll need to succeed

To be considered for this role, you must have full "Right to Work" in the UK as well as a minimum of 40 days referenceable experience working with children and young people with SEN in the last 2 years, as well as:
 An NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent qualification in children's learning and development is advantageous but not essential
 Previous experience or expert knowledge in SEN
 Currently have or be willing to undergo a full DBS check
 Previous experience with Makaton or PECs is advantageous but not essential

What you'll get in return

If you are successful with your application, you will receive the full support, dedication, and guidance of a senior DfE accredited recruitment consultant, as well as a wide range of benefits which include:
 Free training
 Full holiday entitlement
 Long-term contract
 Access to exclusive vacancies
 Refer a Friend scheme
 Pension scheme
 Highly competitive daily rate of pay

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)