Teaching Assistant to Complex SEND

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Email: office@sw

• Salary:
  Scale D, pts 5-6 - £16,286 - £16,544 actual p/a (£25,583 - £25,989 p/a FTE)
• Fixed Term until 31/08/2027
• Part Time
• 27.5 hours per week
• Term Time + 1 week
• Start Date:
  September 2026 with the possibility of an earlier start date this academic year.

Do you believe in inclusion and that every child has the right and ability to shine, learn, believe and belong?

“Provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is effective.”

“Skilled adults deliver support effectively.”

“Staff enjoy working at the school… feel well supported by leaders… leaders are considerate of their workload and well-being.” Ofsted June 2023

Our values are rooted in enabling every child to flourish through our fantastic curriculum. Swaffham Church of England Primary Academy has an exciting opportunity for someone who is driven to make a positive difference to children’s lives.

We are looking for someone who is adaptive, consistent and patient, who understands how to support pupils with a range of communication and language needs, cognition and learning difficulties and associated communication, social and emotional challenges.

The role includes working in our bespoke provision for children with complex needs with a high adult to child ratio. The pupil(s) that you will be working with will either be in our bespoke provision or experiencing their mainstream base classroom. You will be working either in a small group capacity, or on a 1:1 basis depending on the individual needs and this evolves with the children.

Typically, each pupil has a range of needs that are individual to them and require a highly adaptive, responsive and empathetic approach. Their range of needs includes, but is not limited to:

• Global development delay
• Significant speech and language needs
• Autism
• ADHD
• SEMH needs

SEND and inclusion Teaching Assistant roles are unique and require a nurturing approach with a positive attitude, where we learn, proactively develop and adapt, as a team, to the needs of the children and support them to get the very best experience they can from school life.

What we are looking for:

• Support communication and language development
• Support social, emotional and language needs
• Be a forward-thinking TA with the willingness to learn, adapt and be flexible to meet the needs of all learners
• Follow direction of the teacher and in collaboration adapt provision for pupils to access the curriculum
• Promote inclusion and acceptance of pupils while encouraging constructive relationships within the classroom
• Under the guidance and direction of the class teacher, promote positive relationships with parents/carers
• Undertake structured and agreed learning activities, adjusting activities according to pupil responses
• Support the needs of all learners to access the curriculum and make progress, under the direction of the class teacher
• Have the ability to be independent and work as part of a team

• Working with ASD, ADHD and SEMH or pupils with global development delay would be an advantage
• Confident and knowledgeable working with technology to support learning
• Working with pupils with SEND

• Level 2 or 3 childcare qualification (or equivalent)

• A Thrive approach
• Bespoke provision
• A friendly, welcoming, enthusiastic and committed staff team
• Fantastic children who are keen to learn
• A commitment to CPD and professional development with opportunities across the Trust
• The opportunity to work in a collaborative environment both within the academy and also as part of the DNEAT family of schools
• A happy and positive working environment

Fantastic provision including a soft play area, enhanced SEND areas around the school, large outdoor grounds and sensory provision.

The successful candidate will work Monday to Friday, 08:45 – 15:15, inclusive of an unpaid break of 1 hour.

References may be requested prior to interview and may be contacted on receipt of your application form. Please contact us to discuss this further if you have any queries.

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