About the role
We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant for our Specialist Resource Provision within a lovely primary setting in Batford on the border of Harpenden and Luton.
Our Specialist Resource Provisions (SRPs) is attached to Sauncey Wood primary school. Pupils attending the SRPs have access to a mainstream curriculum, but the stress of a mainstream environment is reduced and they have a safe space to be in where their needs are met. The staff and teachers at the SRPs will be trained to support the children and young people's emotional wellbeing and self-regulation, alongside their social and communication needs. As pupils in the SRPs gain confidence and independence, the aim is that they will spend an increasing amount of time within mainstream lessons, alongside their peers and with access to the wider variety of opportunities available to them there.
The SRPs is for those children with speech, language, communication needs and/or autism, who don't need a special school, but they need additional support so that they can access learning in a mainstream school. The SRPs are for children and young people with: a developmental language disorder and / or a severe motor speech disorder (developmental verbal dyspraxia) a social communication and social interaction difficulty who may acquire a diagnosis of autism
Essential:
· Upto GCSE (or equivalent) level of Maths and English
· Experience of leading small groups for core curriculum and interventions
· Experience of supporting SEND children with differentiated work; making and using appropriate resources (visuals etc.) – understanding of appropriate adaptations required for these children
· Experience of working with children with SLCN
· Understanding of DLD and other speech disorders
· Understanding and experience of working with social communication needs/autism
· Experience of working with other professionals e.g. SALT, OT, specialist teachers and/or carrying out programmes/putting advice into practice from other professionals
Desirable:
· ELKLAN Trained
· Experience of working within a specialist setting
· Experience of leading whole class lessons in the absence of the main teacher
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