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SalaryJob title: Visually Impaired Teaching Assistant
Location: Newham, London
Pay rate: £90.00 - £105.00 per day depending on experience
Setting: Mainstream Secondary School
Start date: Immediate start
Duration: Long term with view to go permanent
Active Recruitment are working with an Outstanding mainstream Secondary school in Newham who are looking for an experienced Teaching Assistant to support a child in year 7 with visual impairment. The school is very welcoming and friendly in addition to providing a safe, inclusive environment for all students to feel valued.
The purpose of the role is to provide on-going support and guidance to a pupil in key stage 3 with visual impairment. The school require a Teaching Assistant with experience in using Braille in order to offer the necessary support to this particular pupil.
Requirements:
- Experience in supporting young people with visual impairments
- Experience in using Braille
- The confidence to work independently
- Excellent communication skills
- Skills to work appropriately and effectively with individual students
- Able to promote their social and emotional development
- Able to respond calmly and effectively to displayed behaviours
Benefits of working with Active Recruitment
- Health & Wellbeing support, discounts on travel and retail outlets from our partners
- A dedicated consultant on hand for support
- All of our staff are paid in line with the Agency Worker Regulations, meaning your pay will be equal to that of a permanent employee
- We offer online training for all of our staff including First Aid, Special needs qualifications, Child safeguarding and more!
If you are a Teaching Assistant with experience in supporting children with visual impairments and available and interested in this position, please avoid any delay in applying!
