Trainee SEN Teaching Assistant

Are you looking to start a career in Primary Schools?

Become a Trainee Teaching Assistant! No previous experience or qualifications necessary, just a love for helping others!

Smart Teachers are excited to provide this bespoke and incredible opportunity to support passionate people with getting into the education sector. We work alongside our primary schools to provide successful Trainee Teaching Assistants with high quality training and paid on the job experience.

Following a successful interview and pending suitability, safeguarding and identity checks, we will work to secure you a paid placement in a school to further develop your skills. We will help you to develop your identity as an educator and help you to choose your specialist area from EYFS, KS1, KS2 in Primary Schools supporting children with SEN.

Prior to starting your placement, you will be required to complete a comprehensive training programme delivered by Smart Teachers and school leaders, which will give you the essential skills you need to work as a Teaching Assistant.

Teaching Assistants are instrumental in ensuring the sooth running of any school. The most effective Teaching Assistants have excellent communication skills and have an interest and passion in supporting the day-today needs of all children. They are also able to build relationships with both staff, children and their families.

The role of a teaching assistant varies from each school. You may be working to support the teacher in while class teaching, running small group interventions to support children or working on a 1:1 basis to ensure the needs of all children are meet and that they can thrive.

We work with Primary Schools across East London, in the following boroughs:

• Newham
• Tower Hamlets
• Hackney

To be considered for the role of Trainee SEN Teaching Assistant you will:

• Have a passion for supporting and helping children
• Be committed to completing the required training and participating in ongoing CPD
• Be willing to pay for an enhanced DBS check and register with the Update Service
• Be proactive and a good communicator
• Be able to work collaboratively in a team

Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:

• Available to work from 8.30am - 4pm