Job Role: SEND Teaching Assistant.
Location: Lightcliffe Academy, Halifax.
Contract type: Long Term contract.
Start Date: September 2026 or opportunities available ASAP.
This long-term opportunity offers the chance to make a lasting impact within a supportive secondary school while developing valuable experience in SEND education.
Your Role
- Support students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) both in and out of the classroom.
- Work closely with teachers to deliver tailored learning and intervention activities.
- Provide one-to-one and small group support to help students achieve their learning goals.
- Promote positive behaviour and encourage student engagement.
- Build strong relationships with students, staff, and parents.
- Help create a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment.
- Support students with social, emotional, and academic development.
What We're Looking For
- Previous experience working with children or young people, ideally within an educational or SEND setting.
- A passion for supporting students with additional learning needs.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Patience, empathy, and a positive attitude.
- The ability to build strong relationships and inspire confidence in young people.
- A proactive and adaptable approach to supporting learning.
- Enhanced DBS on the Update Service or willingness to obtain one.
- Right to work in the UK.
Benefits
- Fantastic FREE opportunities for CPD.
- We pay immediately to scale on long term positions and 80% to scale on short term.
- Weekly PAYE payments.
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