SEND Specialist Teaching Assistant

The successful candidate will:

• Have experience of working with children in an educational setting who may have different individual needs and learning styles in a Teaching Assistant capacity or equivalent.

• Have an NVQ3 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification or experience

• Have specialist training or experience in a key area of Special Educational Needs such as Social,emotionaland mental health; Communication and interaction; Cognition and learning; Sensory and/or physical.

• Have the ability tounderstand and develop theappropriate interventionsthat enable children to meet their EHC outcomes or personal targets.

• Have the ability toprovide coaching and development to staff.

• Have a good understanding of safeguarding issues

• Work in partnership with teaching staff and other professionals as well as agencies, voluntarygroupsand service providers.

• Support an outreach provision offer.