Tradewind Recruitment Looking for Primary Autism Teaching Assistant at Swindon, Wiltshire Full Time

Tradewind Recruitment is currently looking for a Special needs Teaching assistant to support Primary aged pupils on the Autistic Spectrum who require additional support and guidance with their learning and behaviour in Swindon.

This role will be based at a reputable SEN school in Swindon. The school provides an outstanding learning environment for young people with Autism. The role will be part-time and will start asap and is likely to continue until the end of Term 6 (July 2022) with the possibility of becoming direct contract with the school.

In this role, your primary areas of responsibility will be to:

• Support and enable learning with the instructions given by the teacher
• Encourage the development of positive attitudes to learning and behaving through well-planned support.
• Have a creative and innovative approach to understand and supporting learners on the spectrum and help them to overcome barriers to learning and socialisation.
• Support the teachers for class and activity preparation
• Monitor students learning, social, emotional and behavioural progress against targets and report to the teachers of any changes.
• Be aware of Safeguarding and Behaviour policies of the settings you work in and always adhere to the policies.

Most of our schools are going to be local to you and we will offer you training through our experienced recruitment consultants and Ofsted rated CPD sessions.

Tradewind are renowned for offering top rates of pay, more CPD than any other agency, great referral bonus and termly networking & social events.

As a teaching assistant you will be expected:

• To provide engaging and empathetic educational support to pupils
• To assist the teacher delivering lessons
• To have understanding/knowledge of special needs or a keen interest in helping vulnerable pupils
• To aid learning and emotional well-being

Click ‘Apply now’ to be considered for this great position. Or for more information about the role, contact Hettie Irving on (phone number removed)/ (url removed)