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SEN Teaching Assistant role in a specialist autism provision with a focus on positive encouragement, great emphasis on the positive impact the arts have on all other areas and parts of life.
Can you give the students an outlet, another option to that of County lines, for example? If that is indeed, a choice for the student(s) at all.

If you are sincere about your career within Trauma, Advocacy and Mental Health:


Aspiring Psychologist Maidenhead – Graduate Teaching Assistant role – Graduate Roles – Aspiring Psychologist Maidenhead – Graduate Teaching Assistant role

Restoratively - Can you demonstrate the value of an education to your students while building substantial relationships and keeping them safe?

Job Title: SEN Teaching Assistant – Ideal for an Aspiring Psychologist
Location: Maidenhead
Salary Scale: £85
Start Date: 04/09/23
End Date: 19/07/24
Contract type: Long Term Contract, 5 days a week, 8:30 – 16:00pm

GSL – The SEN TA opportunity:

This is an outstanding opportunity for an individual with previous SEN experience OR a Graduate with a keen interest in this area of work. It is the perfect position for someone in search of hands-on experience working with social, emotional mental health needs. If you’re looking for a career in Youth/Criminal Justice, this role will play a large part in helping you qualify/disqualify elements of the industry for you.


The Alternative Provision is situated in Maidenhead, supports boys and girls, all who have a range of additional needs associated with social, emotional mental health challenges. It’s a midsized school that offers a restorative, therapeutic approach to education and behaviour management.

As a SEN teaching assistant, you will be working in classes of 3-6 pupils with a staff to student ratio of 1:1. The school has recently been graded as ‘good’ in key categories such as leadership and management and behaviour. This has largely been achieved through the school’s commitment to its Restorative processes and programs, a lot is achieved through positive reinforcement.

Aspiring Therapist Maidenhead – Graduate Teaching Assistant role – Graduate Roles – Aspiring Therapist Maidenhead – Graduate Teaching Assistant role


Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection and that successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS on the update service.
Aspiring Psychologist Maidenhead – Graduate Teaching Assistant role – Graduate Roles – Aspiring Psychologist Maidenhead – Graduate Teaching Assistant role

For more information or to register your interest in ‘ SEN Teaching Assistant role, or to be considered, please click ‘apply now’ to submit your full and up-to-date CV, and one of our dedicated consultants, will be in touch within 24 hours.

What is involved:

• Providing assistance and supervision for students before, during and after lessons
• Assisting students to understand and participate in set tasks in an appropriate way
• Assisting with note taking and supporting literacy and numeracy
• Working with a class, a small group or individual learners
• Encouraging the development of appropriate social skills
• To ensure accurate individual student records are maintained
• Helping to build confidence and motivation
• Participating in team meetings and training programmes as an active member of a team
• Working with managers and employees to support the developing culture of the organisation
• Following regulations pertaining to safeguarding

What is required:

• An Undergraduate Degree (preferable) and/or previous SEN experience, ideal for Criminology and Psychology Graduates
• Working with and watching how mental health and Autism for eg, affects girls compared to boys, points often overlooked
• Good general education levels in English and Maths, 5 grade and above Is desired
• A Real focus on outside interest that diversify away from the core subjects, building key and personal skills – Sport, Cooking, Coding, Dance, Hair Dressing
• Knowledge, keen interest or understanding of the range of different types of learning and behavioural needs (SEMH, PRU)
• Ability to adapt to a various working environments and students with differing abilities and unpredictable behaviour
• A co-operative working style
• Ots, Art Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists on site
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• A caring attitude and a good listener
• Flexibility in terms of working patterns
• Multi Disciplinary school – 3-16, boys and Girls with Low to High Support Autism
• Specialist, multi-disciplinary school for children with Autism and Social, Emotional and Mental Health challenges.

Aspiring Psychologist Maidenhead – Graduate Teaching Assistant role – Graduate Roles – Aspiring Psychologist Maidenhead – Graduate Teaching Assistant role