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Teaching Assistant - SEN Unit
Job Posted: 14 days ago
Salary: £ 100 - 120 / Day
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Bedford
Expire in: 14 days
Job Description
Job Title: Teaching Assistant – SEN Unit
Location: Bedford
Start Date: September 2025
Contract Type: Fixed Term (1 year, with the potential to become permanent following budget review)
Day Rate: £100 - £120 a day (dependent on experience and qualifications)
Job Description:
Do you thrive on challenge, connection, and seeing the impact of your support day by day? A welcoming and inclusive primary school in Bedford is looking for a compassionate, resilient and proactive SEN Teaching Assistant to join their team from September 2025, supporting children with SEN needs and complex behavioural profiles.
This role sits within a caring and structured environment where staff work closely together to ensure that every child feels safe, understood, and supported to succeed—academically, socially, and emotionally. You'll need experience working with children who may express themselves through challenging behaviours and require consistent emotional support and clear boundaries.
Responsibilities:
Provide 1:1 and small group support to pupils with SEMH and behavioural needs.
Help implement behaviour regulation strategies and personalised support plans.
Work closely with class teachers, SENCO and external professionals.
Foster trust, consistency and positive relationships with pupils.
Support learning inside and outside the classroom.
Assist in creating a safe, predictable and inclusive learning environment.
Requirements:
Experience supporting pupils with SEMH and challenging behaviour, ideally in a primary setting.
Calm, confident and consistent approach to behaviour management.
Strong emotional intelligence and resilience.
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
Commitment to inclusive education and safeguarding.
Ability to celebrate small wins and help children build self-esteem and self-regulation skills.
Why join Teaching Personnel:
Weekly pay through PAYE – no hidden agency fees.
A supportive consultant dedicated to your placements and career progression.
Access to ongoing professional development and online training.
Opportunities to secure long-term or permanent roles if desired.
A chance to regain control of your work-life balance.
It’s a demanding role - but also one of the most rewarding. You’ll be a key figure in helping pupils feel seen, valued and capable of making progress every day.
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.
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