Hays Education are supporting a local Special Needs school in recruiting a dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant to start working with them in January 2025. This role is to cover a vacancy and will continue into the spring term, certainly till February and possibly beyond. The successful temporary candidate would be welcome to apply for the permanent role.

• The school is located in north Birmingham, not far from the city centre and describe themselves as a focussed and dedicated school who have young people at the centre of their ethos
• Caters for children at KS3 level with social, emotional and mental health challenges (SEMH)
• The role entails supporting children in Year 7 and Year 8 pupils in class who have SEMH and some other additional SEN
• School will support with training candidates who may not have experience of working in these kinds of settings
• The successful candidate will have experience of working with children with challenging behaviour and SEMH
• You will be able to demonstrate the key competencies of working with children with SEMH and also de-escalation techniques
• Hays Education will be able to obtain recent satisfactory references that reflect this experience
• The team of staff currently in post and look forward to welcoming a new addition to the team.

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