Send Teaching Assistant - Full-Time - Speech and Language Focus - Full-time - Special Needs Position

The Llewellyn School , Birchington

• Ref:KCC886-6143-66S
• Posted:22/05/2025
• Pay:£19,250 - £21,500
• Start Date:01/09/2025
• App Close Date:09/06/2025 at 10:00
• Interviews:13/06/2025

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The Llewellyn School are a small SEN school in Quex Park Birchington. Our school provides high quality education and support for children and young people aged 4-25 who have disabilities which impact on their daily life. 

We are currently looking for a SEND Teaching Assistant to join our lovely staff team, we require someone who is patient, kind, understanding and wants to make a difference to the life of a child. The role will be supporting our Sensory cohort, supporting children who has sensory processing or sensory seeking needs. Our Teaching Assistants are essential partners to our class teachers, helping our incredible students reach their full potential and fostering their independence skills.

Staff may support individual students or small groups, helping them engage with our diverse, enjoyable, relevant, and practical curriculum. Given the variety of learning needs among our students, there are occasions when some may exhibit challenging behaviours.

A successful SEN Teaching Assistant will:

• Previous experience as a Teaching Assistant
• Be aware of additional SEND needs that affect children’s ability to self-regulate, including communication and interaction, cognition and learning, and sensory and physical needs.
• Embrace inclusivity, empathy, and a solution-focused mindset, with a passion for making a positive impact on our learners.
• Be knowledgeable about trauma-informed practices and the promotion of positive mental health.
• Have a clear understanding of and ability to manage challenging behaviours.
• Be a collaborative team player and a strong advocate for change, progress, and continuous school improvement.

Required skills, knowledge and abilities for a SEN Teaching Assistant:

• Possess appropriate first aid knowledge.
• Relate well to both children and adults.
• Work effectively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles, responsibilities, and your own position within them.
• Understand relevant policies/codes of practice and be aware of pertinent legislation.
• Have a basic understanding of child development and learning.
• Demonstrate the ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities.
• Experience working with or caring for children.

While this job description provides a reasonable overview of the role, it is not exhaustive. The post holder is expected to be flexible and take on any other duties that may be reasonably assigned from time to time.

Successful employment is contingent upon satisfactory Full Enhanced Disclosure, right to work, and reference checks in accordance with government regulations and Safer Recruitment Practices.

Every young person deserves to have their needs met fairly and equitably. Our employees are committed to promoting equal opportunities for everyone and challenging any behaviour or practice that discriminates against any young person or colleague based on race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, or any other perceived difference.

What we can offer a SEN Teaching Assistant:

• Commitment to continued professional development
• A supportive, inclusive working environment
• A competitive salary
• Enrolment into our pension scheme
• Comprehensive, paid induction training and ongoing training within the role

The opportunity to make a real difference to a child's life!

Information about the school

Our Mission: Our mission is to provide a high quality, holistic, therapeutic, effective and meaningful educational experience for all of our pupils. The Llewellyn School aspires to promote a passion for learning, whilst celebrating the successes and achievements of our pupils. Our pupils have a range of SEND such are hearing and visual impairment, communication difficulties, physical disabilities and additional needs such as ASD and ADHD. Our curriculum is child-centred and designed to accommodate individual learning styles within a total communication environment, whilst providing the opportunities for each of our pupils to maximise learning to their full potential.

Our Vision: ‘To provide a safe and inspirational learning environment with high quality specialist support, where young people with disabilities have access to meaningful learning programmes, to achieve their long-term outcomes and to enhance their life and work skills. ‘Our mission is to provide a high quality, inclusive, holistic, and meaningful education.’ We believe every pupil is unique with individual needs and that they all have the capability to learn and progress. Our curriculum is pupil centred, supporting personal pathways that are meaningful, practical and supports long term life outcomes.

Our Aim: We aim to support all our pupils to enjoy learning, to achieve their personal goals and to continue being valued members of a wider community.

Our Performance: We were delighted to receive a rating of ‘Good’ from Ofsted.

Ofsted Report: 'Pupils are proud of their school. Those who met with inspectors were polite, yet mildly mischievous at times, and confident to share their good humour. They told inspectors that there is much they like about the school. One parent said that their child did not really see the point of schools, but that he now comes to this one willingly. A group of older boys talked positively about the chances the school gives them to experience Taekwondo, horse riding and other sporting activities. Pupils shared that they feel safe and free from any form of bullying. They also reflected that, sometimes, some people do not apologise quickly enough when they need to. This is a small school. Leaders and staff know pupils and their families very well. Pupils like this aspect of their school. They respect staff because they feel well cared for. Inspectors found that leaders and staff have appropriately high expectations of what pupils can do and can achieve. As a result, pupils thrive here. They work hard, have fun, and are making good progress in all aspects of their personal, social and academic development.'

Job Contact Information

• Name:Sara Llewellyn
• Address:The Llewellyn School , Park Lane, Quex Park, Birchington, Kent, CT7 0BB
• Telephone: 01843 845033
• Email: hrmanager@thellewellyn.school