SEN Teaching Assistant

The successful candidates will have:    A passion and commitment to working with children with Special Educational Needs Understanding of the barriers to learning that children with special educational needs may face and be able to use effective strategies to support them  Experience of developing learning resources that scaffold and support learning Awareness of child development and knowledge of how children learn Experience of Working with or caring for children of a relevant age to those in the school  Communication skills to liaise sensitively and effectively with parents and carers  NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification or experience   Literacy and Numeracy skills equivalent to Level 1 of the National Qualification & Credit Framework  Completion of Department for Education Teaching Assistant Induction Programme (or to complete within first term)