SEND Support Assistant for ARB - Pensans School

Required from Autumn Term 2024

Pensans School ARB is a brand new primary provision providing specialist education for 10 - 15 children of mixed age with a range of educational needs.  We are seeking to appoint a HLTA to join the ARB Lead and SEN TAs in our Area Resource Base.

We aim to recruit an enthusiastic Higher Level Teaching Assistant with a genuine passion for working with young people with SEN.  This is a diverse role that will see you working alongside the ARB Lead and a SEN TA to support pupils across the full primary age range, but with an understanding of the different levels at which pupils’ access their academic learning.

This particular role involves working 1:1 with a pupil with a high level of need including medical and toileting support.

Inclusive practices are at the heart of all that we do here at Pensans School and you will also be working alongside mainstream colleagues to ensure pupils have opportunities to engage with their mainstream link classes.

As a member of the ARB team, you’ll have a passion for supporting pupils with special educational needs to access their full potential as part of a mainstream school.

All successful candidates will have high expectations and skills in positive behaviour management.  They must also have previous experience of working in a primary classroom setting with children who have additional needs.  

Candidates should have experience of working with children with communication and interaction needs.  They must be strong team players and will need to be effective communicators as the role entails working closely with parents and outside agencies as well as other staff members and children.  It is essential that they are able to follow and adapt planning to individual need, assess outcomes and acknowledge next steps in partnership with the class teacher.

Please send completed application forms to: cwatling@pensans.tpacademytrust.org

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, workers, volunteers, governors and trustees to share this commitment.  All successful applicants will be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks and will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check, a Safeguarding Self-Declaration Form and satisfactory online searches undertaken.