Graduate Occupational Therapist - Teaching Assistant

Graduate Occupational Therapist – Teaching Assistant
SEN School | Ferryhill

Protocol Education is recruiting a caring and enthusiastic Graduate Occupational Therapist to support children with additional needs in a specialist SEN school in Ferryhill.

As a Teaching Assistant, you'll help pupils overcome barriers to learning by providing practical, emotional, and educational support throughout the school day.

You'll be responsible for:

• Delivering personalised support in the classroom.
• Supporting communication and sensory regulation.
• Assisting pupils with daily learning activities.
• Helping implement therapy and behaviour strategies.
• Monitoring progress and sharing observations.
• Building positive relationships with pupils and colleagues.

The successful candidate will be patient, resilient, and adaptable. This is a challenging role at times, but it's also one of the most rewarding careers you can have. Every child develops at their own pace, and being part of those achievements is incredibly fulfilling.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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