SEN Support Assistant

• Have experience of working with children with special educational needs in a Secondary School setting;
• Already have qualifications in one or more areas of SEND or experience in delivering SEND based interventions;
• Have an interest in how children learn and behave;
• Provide an appropriate role model of behaviour, control and resilience at all times;
• Really care about students, particularly those who have barriers to learning effectively;
• Respect and maintain professional confidentiality but have regard to the safe guarding protocols of information sharing where necessary;
• To attend in service training and meetings relevant to the post in order to keep up to date with developments in working with children with special educational needs.

What the school offers its staff

Parkstone is pleased to be able to offer all staff members a

• A contributory pension scheme relevant to your role (including access to Teacher and Local Government Schemes).
• Occupational sick pay.
• Tailored Continuous Professional Development (CPD) through the SIGMA Training School Alliance.
• Free access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) - confidential support network that offers expert advice and compassionate guidance 24/7 covering a wide range of issues, such as: Legal Information, Bereavement Support and Online CBT among much more.
• All staff are entitled to a ‘Golden Day’ once a year – a paid day off or part time equivalent.
• Free Yoga and Pilates sessions throughout the term.
• Termly Staff Wellbeing and Workload groups to raise and solve issues.

• Cycle to work scheme

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is also committed to a policy of equal opportunity.