🚀 Special Needs Teaching Assistant

The Role:

• Provide one-to-one and small group support to pupils with SEMH and associated needs
• Build consistent, trusting relationships with students who may display challenging behaviour
• Support teaching staff in delivering personalised and therapeutic learning plans
• Help manage behaviour calmly and constructively, using de-escalation and positive reinforcement strategies
• Encourage pupils to develop self-confidence, independence, and positive coping mechanisms
• Contribute to a safe, structured, and emotionally supportive school environment

The ideal Special Needs Teaching Assistant will have:

• Experience supporting children or young people with SEMH, autism, ADHD, or behavioural difficulties
• A calm, non-judgmental approach and the emotional resilience to work with pupils facing complex challenges
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• The ability to model appropriate behaviour and set clear boundaries
• A commitment to inclusion, equality, and trauma-informed practice
• Qualifications such as Team Teach, MAPA, or a psychology/education-related degree (desirable but not essential)

Term Time Teachers are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants will be subject to a full face-to-face registration and an Enhanced DBS (Formerly known as CRB)