Position: SEN Nursery Teaching Assistant
Qualifications Required:
Level 3 Teaching Assistant, Safeguarding Certification
Job Description:
We are currently seeking a dedicated SEN Nursery Teaching Assistant to join a local authority-maintained Nursery School in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. This school has a strong focus on providing high-quality early education and has consistently received an 'Outstanding' rating from Ofsted.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist the teacher in planning and conducting engaging lessons
- Provide support for individual children and small groups in their learning activities
- Help create and maintain a safe, stimulating learning environment
- Participate in observing and assessing children's progress
- Maintain effective communication with parents and carers regarding children’s development
Required Qualifications:
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification
- Up-to-date Safeguarding training
Education, Experience, Knowledge, and Skills:
- Previous experience in a similar role within an educational setting
- Strong understanding of child development and early education practises
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and follow directions
Preferred Qualifications:
- First Aid certification
- Additional training in Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Working Conditions:
This full-time, contract role involves working with children aged 2 to 4 years in both indoor and outdoor settings. The position offers a competitive hourly salary and the opportunity to work within a supportive and collaborative team focused on providing outstanding early education.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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