Havering Schools Jobs
Teaching Assistant - SEN Support
- Employer: Empower Learning Academy Trust
- Reference: EMP/25/314173
EMPOWER LEARNING ACADEMY TRUST
Ardleigh Green Infant and Junior Schools
Hornchurch
RM11 2SP
Tel: 01708 449362
Inspiring Leaners, Changing Lives
Teaching Assistant - SEN Support
Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Salary: Grade 1/2 Spinal Point 3-5, £21,507 - £22,122 per annum. FTE £27,729 - £28,521 per annum (Inclusive of Outer London Weighting)
Contract: Permanent
Required September 2025
Inspire and be inspired
Our mission is to ‘inspire learners and change lives’ – and that includes our staff. We want to empower our teams so pupils are ready to be kind, confident and impactful world citizens. To help us, we wish to appoint an experienced and high calibre Teaching Assistant to work with our SEND students
We are looking to appoint someone with the following skills:
- Has an NVQ 2/3 qualification in Primary Education
- Is an excellent team player
- Has a calm, patient personality, who is highly organised and flexible
- Someone who has the ability to engage and motivate pupils and can creatively differentiate learning for pupils with SENs where necessary
- Someone who has previous experience of working with children with ASD and is familiar with the use of PECS and delivery of ‘Attention Autism’, ‘TACPAC’ and ‘Intensive Interaction’.
- An enthusiastic, highly committed and flexible individual with excellent interpersonal skills and patience
- Someone who is committed to working as a member of a team, and also shows initiative to work independently
In return, we offer:
- High quality professional development
- Supportive and friendly colleagues
- Flexible working opportunities
- Staff assistance programme including virtual GP appointments, counselling service, legal services
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Cycle to work scheme
Applications
Please forward your completed application to Lisa Wellard, HR Officer at hr@elatschools.co.uk by 12pm, 12th June 2025. Interviews are scheduled to take place soon after.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to interview prior to the deadline date.
For further information about this role please email Mrs P Broadmore at PBroadmore@elatschools.co.uk
Empower Learning Academy Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer that is committed to safer recruitment. All applicants must be prepared to undergo screening to confirm their suitability to work with children.
Havering Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our pupils from abuse is the responsibility of all staff within our schools, superseding any other considerations. Therefore Havering Schools comply with the Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.
It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to submit, prior to their interview, a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Upon submission of this information, online checks may be carried out.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from obtaining a position with the School.
Equal OpportunitiesHavering Schools aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, religious or political affiliation and trade union activities. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
How to apply
Please forward your completed application to Lisa Wellard, HR Officer at hr@elatschools.co.uk by 12pm, 12th June 2025.