SEN Teaching Assistant

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Job Description

We’re seeking SEN Teaching Assistants to work in a highly specialised SEN setting that offers personalised, ‘home-from-home’ learning spaces. With seven individual classrooms and, each learner is taught as their own ‘class's by a dedicated teacher, supported where needed by a Teaching Support Assistant. Students aged 11–19 are grouped by compatibility, not ability, ensuring a calm and supportive environment.
 
Peer interactions are encouraged during group lessons and social times, with staff always on hand to ensure safe, positive engagement. Alongside academic learning, there is a strong focus on developing emotional literacy, communication skills, and confidence, supported by a specialist intervention team including a Speech and Language Therapist, Music Therapist, Life Skills Coach, Mindfulness Teacher, and Careers Adviser.
 
Ready to join a supportive and valued team making a difference? Apply now to become an SEN Teaching Assistant with Flourish Education – your next rewarding role is just a few clicks away!
 
The SEN Teaching Assistant Role:
  • Provide 1:1 and small-group support for pupils with SLD, ASD, ADHD, SEMH, non-verbal needs and BESD.
  • Work with teachers, social workers and care workers to support individual EHCP targets.
  • Help maintain a safe, calm and nurturing environment that supports positive behaviour and engagement.
  • Assist with personal care or communication needs where required.
  • Promote independence, confidence and emotional resilience in all learners.
 
Our Promise To You!
We promise that we will never pressure you into working and will only offer you work where and when you want it, allowing you to fit work around your other commitments – giving you a great work-life balance.
 
The successful SEN Teaching Assistant will receive a £150 welcome bonus*, paid automatically once you’ve completed 30 consecutive working days in your role. *Bonus applies to this full-time role only, and terms and conditions apply.
In addition, you’ll benefit from:
  • £88.92 - £120 per day depending on experience, which equates to £17,940 - £23,400 based on working 5 days a week for a full school year
  • Holiday Pay - 12.07% of your day rate is accrued into your holiday pot
  • Pension Contributions
  • Refer a Friend bonus scheme
  • Free KCSIE compliant Safeguarding and Prevent Duty Training inclusive of modules relating to legislation, FGM and abuse
  • Regular contact throughout the registration process and once you are at work
 
As an SEN Teaching Assistant, you’ll have the opportunity to work within a specialist SEN school that operates across four dedicated sites throughout Birmingham. Each site provides a highly supportive environment for pupils with a wide range of complex needs, offering consistency, collaboration and a strong sense of community. All locations are easily accessible from key areas across Birmingham, with excellent public transport links and on-site parking available for those who drive.
 
Ready to join a team where you’re supported, valued, and placed in schools where you can truly make a difference? Apply now to become an SEN Teaching Assistant with Flourish Education – your next rewarding role in Solihull is just a few clicks away!
 
Legal:
Flourish Education Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects every candidate to share this commitment. All candidates are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Flourish Education is acting as an employment and business agency.

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