SEN Teaching Assistant - Stivichall Primary School

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

What is the job role?

‘Learning at Stivichall is a passport for life’

Stivichall Primary School is a mainstream Primary School with a firm belief in inclusive education for all children. Our team is united in securing and maintaining high standards of education with children at the centre of our ethos and vision.

We are keen to appoint an enthusiastic and committed teaching assistant to support children with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities. The successful candidate will provide 1:1 support for a child with an EHCP and provide support for children in whole class settings and small group activities as needed.

Previous experience of working with children who have special educational needs, disabilities and social and emotional needs is essential. Recent Paediatric First Aid and Down Syndrome training or experience of working with Down Syndrome children would be beneficial.

The successful candidate will become part of a wider inclusion team led by the Inclusion Lead which includes a learning mentor, a dyslexia support assistant, speech and language support assistant and a team of EHCP Inclusion Support Assistants.

Work Pattern

35 hours per week, term time only plus training days

Fixed term for 1 year in the first instance

Application packs are available to download below or by clicking Apply which takes you to the Council Careers Site.

Please use the attached application form and return to: s.coakley@stivichall.coventry.sch.uk

Relevant Dates

Closing date: 12 noon on Thursday 9^th July 2020

Interview date: Monday 13^th July 2020

Stivichall Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Coventry City Council