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About the Role
Safe Center for Autism is hiring a Teaching Assistant (Learning Support Assistant) to support children with special educational needs. Responsibilities include helping with school work, preparing learning materials, encouraging independence, and assisting with personal care.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Help with school work alongside the teacher
- Prepare learning materials adapted from teachers' plans
- Encourage children to be confident and independent
- Help children understand instructions
- Contribute to a child's care plan
- Encourage children to communicate, sometimes using non verbal means
- Support children during social activities and outings
- Help children during therapy sessions
- Recognize when children are upset and comfort them
- Look after children's physical needs
- Assist the classroom teacher with preparation of lessons and materials
- Provide students with instruction under supervision
Requirements
- Must have an equivalency certificate
Full Job Posting
Teaching Assistant Role
- Teaching Assistant (Learning Support Assistant)
- Special needs teaching assistants help children with a range of learning, physical or behavioural difficulties
- May work in a special school that supports children with a range of moderate, severe or complex special educational needs
- Job titles may include special needs classroom assistant, learning support assistant, support worker or special needs assistant
Requirements
- Candidates must have an equivalency
Responsibilities
- Help with school work alongside the teacher
- Prepare learning materials, usually adapted from the teachers plans to suit the students
- Encourage children to be confident and independent
- Help children to understand instructions
- Contribute to a child’s care plan (education, social, behaviour and personal)
- Encourage children to communicate, sometimes using non verbal means of communication such as Makaton or PECs
- Support children during social activities and outings
- Help children during therapy sessions
- Recognise when children are upset and comfort them
- Look after children’s physical needs
- Assist the classroom teacher with the preparation of lessons, materials, and the overall organization of the environment
- Provide students with instruction under the supervision of the classroom teacher
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