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SalaryTeaching Assistants with Sports Background
Location: Lambeth and Surrounding Areas
Position: Full-Time Teaching Assistants
Salary: £80-£100 per day (based on experience)
Role Description: We are seeking enthusiastic and experienced Teaching Assistants with a strong background in sports to join our team. The ideal candidates will have a passion for using sports to engage students and help them develop confidence and social skills. You will work closely with children with additional needs, including autism, ADHD, SLD, and PMLD, providing both academic and personal care support.
Key Responsibilities:
- Utilize sports coaching techniques to engage students and foster a positive learning environment.
- Provide support to students with additional needs, ensuring their safety and well-being.
- Assist with personal care tasks as needed.
- Implement effective behaviour management strategies.
- Work collaboratively with teachers and other support staff to deliver tailored educational programs.
- Support students in developing confidence, social skills, and physical fitness.
Ideal Candidate:
- Has coaching experience in a variety of sports.
- Experience working in a school setting.
- Experience working with children with additional needs such as autism, ADHD, SLD, and PMLD.
- Excellent behaviour management skills.
- Willing to provide personal care assistance.
- Able to use sport as a means to engage students and develop their confidence.
Qualifications:
- Sports Coaching Level 2 (desirable but not essential).
Requirements:
- Enhanced Child and Adult DBS on the update service.
"Empowering Learning Ltd. are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expect all staff to show this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to complete Disclosure and Barring Service declarations in line with Section 115 of the Police Act 1997. You will also be required to provide 2 professional references covering at least the last 2 years, and complete our online application followed by a video or face to face interview. Empowering Learning Ltd is a committed Equal Opportunities Employer and therefore will not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation."
