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Psychology Graduate West Drayton – SEN Teaching Assistant – Education and Training - Psychology Graduate West Drayton – SEN Teaching Assistant

GSL – This SEN Teaching Assistant opportunity, ideal if you aspire to have a career focussed on Counselling, Men Health, Wellbeing, Criminal, Social or Youth Justice, or looking at elements of social care for example.

Broken down simply, can you demonstrate the value of an education to your students while building substantial relationships and keeping them safe?

Job Title: SEN Teaching Assistant
Location: West Drayton
Salary Scale: £85-£90 per day
Start Date: 31/08/23
End Date: 23/07/23
Contract type: Long Term Contract, 5 days a week, 8:30 – 16:00


Psychology Graduate West Drayton – SEN Teaching Assistant – Education and Training - Psychology Graduate West Drayton – SEN Teaching Assistant

This role is suitable for a candidate looking to build on personal or already gained experiences of mental health and SEN, it’s vital you can qualify and disqualify roles for yourself.

This is also a good role for within Parole, Probation, and the Criminal Justice system, especially for any form of advocacy the range of need, mental health.

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 work, then this opportunity is not to be missed.

The Alternative Provision is situated in Brentwood, Essex, supporting boys and girls, all who have a range of additional needs associated with social, emotional mental health challenges. It’s a larger Primary and Secondary, specialist provision, with over 80 students, aged 7-18.

All of the children, boys and girls, have an EHCP for their Autism, Social , Emotional and Mental Health challenges – the focus of the school is through the prism of restorative practices, it’s the main approach of the staff

The school offers a restorative, therapeutic approach to education and behaviour management, they want their children engaged in key and personal skills, giving the children skills they can use in and out of school.

Psychology Graduate West Drayton – SEN Teaching Assistant – Education and Training - Psychology Graduate West Drayton – SEN Teaching Assistant

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.



For more information or to register your interest in ‘ SEN Teaching Assistant , 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

Psychology Graduate West Drayton – SEN Teaching Assistant – Education and Training - Psychology Graduate West Drayton – SEN Teaching Assistant

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, Photography
• 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
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• A caring attitude and a good listener
• Flexibility in terms of working patterns

Psychology Graduate West Drayton – SEN Teaching Assistant – Education and Training - Psychology Graduate West Drayton – SEN Teaching Assistant