SEN Teaching Assistant - Term Time - Special Needs Position

Cage Green Primary School, Tonbridge

• Ref:KCC886-2661-86S
• Posted:07/12/2018
• Pay:Kent Range - dependent on experience + SENA
• Start Date:Jan 2019
• App Close Date:10/12/2018 at 12:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Special Educational Needs (SEN) Teaching Assistant Vacancy – January 2019

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Teaching Assistant with SEN experience to join our friendly team of supportive staff in the Phoenix Centre for Autism. The post will be a full time, term time only position. The responsibilities of this role include undertaking teaching, playtime and lunch supervision duties. 

The successful candidate will have: 

• Relevant experience of working with children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) preferably with Autism experience
• GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above (or equivalent)
• A proven ability to work effectively and enthusiastically both independently and as part of a team
• The experience and ability to engage successfully with children, extending them in purposeful activities and enhancing their learning
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to enforce school rules with patience and understanding
• A passion for learning and the motivation to improve 

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in education and we expect all staff to share this commitment.

A DBS check will be sought for the successful candidate following interviews. At interview, your motivation to work with children will be explored. References will be taken following shortlisting. 

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.  Please call Anita Gower on 01732 354325 to make an appointment.

Information about the school

Cage Green Primary School is a small, happy primary school in north Tonbridge with 210 pupils from Reception to Year Six, including a resourced provision for children with autistic spectrum conditions.

Our recent Ofsted inspection identified the following outcomes: Behaviour and Attitudes: Outstanding Personal Development: Outstanding Leadership and Management: Outstanding Quality of Education: Good Early Years: Good

Cage Green is an inclusive school and we place great importance on the need to ensure that all our pupils are included equally in opportunities for learning. The school's ethos and the values we practise and promote aim to secure equal opportunities for all the pupils at Cage Green whatever their age, gender, ethnicity, attainment and background. As a learning community all the staff work hard and are fully committed to securing the best provision for our pupils and the different groups that they may represent. Our school and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Joanna Styles
• Address:Cage Green Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN10 4PT
• Telephone: 01732354325
• Email: jsinger@CSAT.org.uk

Fax: 01732 369468