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Job Title: SEN Teaching Assistant (Complex Needs & Sensory)
Location: Cheadle Hulme, Stockport Contract Type: Long Term Start Date: Immediate
We are recruiting for a specialist school in the Cheadle Hulme area. This provision supports students aged 4-19 who have severe to profound learning difficulties, often accompanied by sensory impairments, communication disorders, and autism. We require a Teaching Assistant to work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver an individualised curriculum in a specialist environment.
Benefits
- Competitive salary reflecting your qualification and experience.
- Comprehensive professional development and training opportunities, including specialist SEN interventions and strategies.
- Dedicated Randstad consultant support for career guidance and opportunities.
- Long term placements available (6 weeks plus).
Responsibilities
You will work alongside Teachers, Therapists, and other support staff to facilitate daily learning and care.
- Provide one-to-one support to students with complex needs, including Autism, multi-sensory impairments, and physical disabilities.
- Assist in the delivery of individualised learning programmes, adapting resources to meet specific communication needs.
- Provide intimate personal care and support with daily hygiene routines, maintaining high standards of dignity.
- Assist students with limited mobility, using hoists, wheelchairs, and other specialist equipment (training provided).
- Support students who may display challenging behaviour using de-escalation strategies and positive reinforcement.
- Facilitate communication development and social interaction within a multi-sensory learning environment.
Requirements
Candidates must have prior exposure to care or education settings to be considered for this role.
- Experience working in a UK care or education setting is required.
- Practical understanding of complex needs, learning disabilities (SLD/PMLD), autism, and sensory impairments.
- Ability and willingness to perform personal care duties.
- Experience supporting individuals with challenging behaviour.
- Ability to work effectively within a large team of professionals.
- Right to work in the UK.
- A valid Enhanced Children and Adults DBS on the Update Service (or willingness to apply for one).
Conclusion
This role involves working with students who have significant and complex requirements. We are looking for a practitioner who is practical, resilient, and reliable. If you meet the requirements listed above, please apply via the button below. A Randstad consultant will review your CV and contact successful applicants to arrange a registration interview.
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