Actor/actress

**SEN Teaching Assistant**

**£80 - £90 PAYE**

**Weekly Payment**
- Have you recently graduated from university or are you looking for a flexible role? Are you an actor looking for an exciting and rewarding career change? _

I am seeking actors with a passion for SEN and making a positive change in students’ lives

As a SEN Teaching Assistant, you will be supporting students with a range of SEN needs, including but not limited to Autism, Social and Emotional Mental Health, Severe and Profound Multiple Learning Difficulties (SLD/PMLD)

**What’s in it for me?**
- Flexible working - you can choose to work daily or full-time depending on your circumstances
- Working Hours: 8:30am - 4pm; Monday to Friday during term-time
- Proactively engaging and interacting with children and young people through play-based and sensory-related activities in classroom settings
- Providing a creative and fun learning environment
- Making positive impacts on children and young people’s lives

**What do I need?**
- Experience working with Theatre in Education (TIE) or drama workshops with children and young people
- Genuine personal interests in supporting children and young people with additional needs
- A positive, proactive and patient can-do attitude and willing to learn
- Being able to build up good working relationships with students and staff members

**What will I be doing?**
- Supporting children with Autism/ASC, complex needs and Severe to Profound Multiple Learning Difficulties (SLD/PMLD)
- Assisting the class teacher with planning, preparing and delivering learning activities as well as monitoring and assessing children’s achievement and progress
- Actively involved in a wide range of activities, promoting the physical, cognitive, cultural, social and emotional wellbeing of the pupils
- Actively interacting with children through play-based and sensory-related activities
- Some of our students are non-verbal and with such a wide range of learning difficulties. Students are supported by a multidisciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Art Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists. Some students may also have physical disabilities and are wheelchair users.
- Being able to use Makaton (sign language) or PECs are ideal
- Personal Care (feeding and toileting) and hydrotherapy are required as this is a part of the job

**Interested in hearing more?**

Parker Smith Inclusion is an ethical, people-focused recruitment consultancy, completely dedicated to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time

**Salary**: £80.00-£90.00 per day

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Peckham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)