Protocol Education are looking for teaching assistants or learning support assistants from creative backgrounds such as acting, drama, musical backgrounds to work in an outstanding special needs college in Sutton. As a teaching assistant you will working both one to one and within a class supporting both your peers and students in a positive and engaging environment. Successful candidates will encourage students development, engage through sensory play & interaction, understanding social cues & skills, teaching independent living with students that have a diagnosis of special needs such as autism, speech and language difficulties and severe learning disabilities, physical disabilities. This particular school are looking for teaching assistants that can apply their creative skills within a specialist setting and maintain an engaged and fulfilling learning experience.

Please note due to the current circumstances and schools being temporarily closed, this role will aim to start after half-term or after Easter 2021.

Main Duties:

• Engaging students through interactive and creative activities
• Helping with sensory integration within the classroom
• Working with the teacher to assess pupils' levels and ability
• Ensuring the schools ethos and policies are being implemented
• Liaising with parents and carers

The school are looking for individuals who are:

• Experienced working with children
• Passionate about the potential for education and will go that extra mile every day
• Adaptable, and able to work in a challenging setting
• Interested in working in a different environment
• Committed and resilient

If you're looking for a deeply rewarding new challenge, please get in touch with me immediately and send your CV to alex.conway@protocol-education.com.!

Here at Protocol Education, we strive to ensure that each candidate has an opportunity to find their ideal job. For a number of years, we are proud to have worked alongside fantastic institutions of learning (Primary, Secondary and SEND) to provide them with high quality teachers and support staff.

We undertake safeguarding checks on all our workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education'. As part of these checks, we require a current Enhanced DBS Disclosure for everyone working in schools. If you do not have a valid subscription to the DBS Update Service, we will require you to complete a new DBS application as part of the registration process, at a cost of £40.00