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Job Title: SEN Teaching Assistant – Outreach (Primary & Secondary)
Location: Community-Based (Various Locations)
Contract: Full-Time, Term Time Only
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 3:30pm
Start Date: September 2025

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children with special educational needs (SEN)? Do you have the resilience, empathy, and commitment to support children and young people outside of traditional school settings? If so, we would love to hear from you!

We are seeking a dedicated and flexible SEN Teaching Assistant to join our outreach team, working with primary and secondary aged pupils across the community. This unique role involves providing personalised, 1:1 or small group support to children who are not currently attending mainstream education due to a variety of additional needs, including SEMH, ASD, ADHD, and other learning differences.

Key Responsibilities:

Support the delivery of tailored learning programmes in outreach settings (e.g. home, libraries, community centres)

Build trusting, supportive relationships with children and their families

Implement strategies to manage challenging behaviour and promote emotional wellbeing

Liaise closely with teaching staff, therapists, and other professionals to ensure a joined-up approach

Keep accurate records of progress, behaviour, and engagement

What We’re Looking For:

Experience working with children with SEN, ideally in both primary and secondary age ranges

A calm, patient, and proactive approach to working in a variety of environments

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to work independently and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team

A full, clean driving licence and access to a vehicle is highly desirable

What We Offer:

A supportive and inclusive team environment

Ongoing professional development and training opportunities

The chance to make a real impact on children’s lives outside of the classroom

Term-time only working (38 weeks per year), promoting a healthy work-life balance

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

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