Sen Teaching Assistant

SEN Teaching Assistant – Kennington London – full time – 5 days a week

SENCare Recruitment are currently recruiting for an SEN Teaching Assistant to work for a Specialist day school which is based in Chertsey

About us

SENCare Recruitment is a niche recruitment agency that provides Special Educational Needs (SEN) professionals for SEN schools, mainstream schools, residential care homes and 1-1 home support through local authorities, across the UK. We offer short / long term placements on a temporary and permanent basis for specialist SEN teachers, teaching assistants, support workers, social workers, VI / HI practitioners and mid-day meal supervisors

Job title

SEN Teaching Assistant

Start

Tuesday 4th November 2025 – onwards

Hours

8 : 30- 4 : 00pm – Mon Fri

The college caters for young adults aged 19-25 with autism

The role will consist with doing 1 : 1 support for pupils within a classroom setting and also within small groups of 3-4 pupils.

We are looking for potential candidates that have experience supporting children or young adults that have a diagnosis of Autism.

The ideal candidate will

• Have at least 6 months experience with supporting pupils with SEN needs, ideally those with Autism
• Have a clear DBS registered to the update service
• Be over the age of 25
• Be available Monday-Friday – 5 days a week
• Be empathetic and calm natured
• Have strong classroom behaviour management skills

Main duties

• To work under the guidance of the SEN Teacher in supporting individuals or small groups in targeted interventions
• Build and maintain positive relationships with the pupils
• 1 : 1 classroom support
• Managing challenging behaviour
• To assist with development and implementation of IEP\’s / Provision maps as appropriate
• To support pupils consistently with recognising and responding to their individual needs
• To encourage pupils to interact and work co operatively with others and engage all pupil in activities
• To determine the need for, prepare and maintain general and specialist and equipment and resources
• To be responsible for keeping and updating records as agreed with the teacher, contributing to the review of systems / records as requested

If you feel this would be the ideal vacancy for you, then please apply below or contact our team direct and ask for Luke Bevan @ SENCare Recruitment.

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