SEN Teaching Assistant

Location: Harpenden
Job Type: Supply Teaching
Industry: SEN Support Jobs
Reference: SENTAA
Salary: £85 - 90 per day
Job Published: over 1 year ago

An exciting opportunity has arisen within a Good Ofsted rated school in Hertfordshire l for a SEN Teaching Assistant/LSA with SEN experience.. This role is a full time and opportunity, supporting various year groups/classrooms. The SEN Teaching Assistant/LSA role is a challenging but a highly rewarding experience that is pivotal to the overall learning and development of pupils.

You will need to have experience working with SEN for this role. As it is working with a child who has Down Sydrome.

The position will require strong commitment, 5 days per week. 

The successful candidate will be encouraging, flexible and patient. They should be able to work as part of a team, communicate with parents as well as having an open-minded approach to learning.

The school is a very welcoming and caring, with a committed team of staff with a culture of high aspiration, enjoyment for learning, academic success and lifelong skills for all pupils.

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• Previous experience of supporting on a one-to-one or smaller groups basis

• Experience of working as a Teaching Assistant or have transferable skills

• Experience in working with children with challenging behaviours

• Be flexible and available for work

• Enhanced DBS on Update Service or be willing to purchase

• References covering the last 2 years minimum

• Be able to demonstrate de-escalation techniques and apply behaviour policies

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.

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.

Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website.

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.

Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website.