SEN Teaching Assistant - Do you have childcare experience?

Location: Croydon & Surrounding Areas
Pay: £90 - £120 per day PAYE
Roles: Full-Time, Part-Time & Flexible Opportunities

You don't need to have "Teaching Assistant" on your CV to have the skills needed to be a great one.

Maybe you've spent a summer working at a children's camp.

Perhaps you've worked as a babysitter, nanny or au pair.

You might have coached a children's sports team, volunteered with a youth group or supported children through Scouts, Guides or another organisation.

You may even have gained valuable experience through regularly supporting or caring for a younger sibling or family member with additional needs.

If you're patient, reliable and naturally good at building relationships with children, we'd like to hear from you.

Teaching Personnel are looking for people interested in working as SEN Teaching Assistants within primary and specialist schools across Croydon and surrounding areas.

You'll work alongside teachers and other school staff to help children who may need some additional support during their school day.

Depending on the child and setting, you could be:

• Providing 1:1 support to a pupil

• Helping children engage with classroom activities

• Supporting communication and interaction

• Encouraging independence and confidence

• Helping pupils manage routines and transitions

• Supporting children with autism, ADHD, communication needs or other additional needs

• Helping with reading, writing and numeracy

• Supporting children's social and emotional development

• Working with small groups

• Celebrating the small wins that can make a big difference to a child's day

You won't be expected to walk into a school knowing everything.

We're looking for people with the right attitude and transferable experience who are willing to learn.

We're particularly interested in hearing from people who have experience through:

• Babysitting

• Nannying or au pairing

• Summer camps and holiday clubs

• Sports coaching

• Scouts, Guides or youth groups

• Children's clubs and activities

• Nursery or childcare work

• Youth work

• Tutoring or mentoring

• Volunteering with children

• Supporting children with additional needs

• Regular caring responsibilities for younger siblings or family members

Your experience doesn't necessarily need to have come from paid employment or a school.

If you've developed patience, communication skills, resilience and an understanding of how to build trust with children, we'd be interested in having a conversation.

This could be a great opportunity if you're:

• Looking to start a career working with children

• Considering teaching, psychology, SEN or education

• A graduate looking to gain practical experience

• A university student looking for work around your studies

• Returning to work after a career break

• Coming from childcare, care, youth work or another people-focused role

• Looking to turn informal experience with children into professional school experience

More than anything, we're looking for people who are:

Patient. Reliable. Calm. Encouraging. Willing to learn.

Working with children with additional needs can sometimes be challenging, so you'll need to be able to remain positive, adapt your approach and understand that every child is different.

You don't need years of school experience