A fantastic, exciting work opportunity has very recently become available at a special needs school in Nailsea, who are looking for a teaching assistant to join their team on a long term basis starting ASAP and to continue ongoing. The working hours are Monday to Friday 08.30-15.30. This school caters for SEND pupils aged 4-11 years old and there are opportunities to support in both a range of classes across the school. Pupils at the school have a range of SEND needs, where their primary need is SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) alongside Autism, Speech and language difficulties and students who often display challenging behaviour. Staff at the school are incredibly friendly and welcoming and very knowledgeable and you will be working alongside specialist teachers, teaching assistants, therapists and mentors. All students at the school have an EHCP in place and the school offer a flexible approach to interventions needed and have a great amount of support on offer for each individual student. Experience in schools is ideal but not necessary as personality is everything. You need to be someone resilient, empathetic; a good listener and communicator and the school are looking for enthusiastic members of staff that are willing to get stuck in, be reliable, consistent, hardworking and importantly working for the right reasons - because they, you, really care about making a difference! INDSW<br/><br />If you are interested, then please contact Emma Court on 0117 4722400 | Ext: 2004 and click on the apply button.<br /><br />If you are not interested in this role but know someone else who might be, <strong>don&#39;t forget that we offer &pound;150 in shopping vouchers if you refer a friend to us and we place them in the job.</strong> For more details, contact your local Axcis office.<br /><br /><em>This is a temporary position, unless stated otherwise.</em><br /><br /><em>Axcis is an equal opportunities employer and as such we do not discriminate based on age, gender, disability, race or any other equal opportunities criteria.<br /><br />The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.<br /><br />As such, you will be required to provide an up to date DBS, or be prepared to allow Axcis to process one on your behalf, in addition to other mandatory compliance checks in line with the DfE guidelines (for details please see our website).<br /><br />Axcis Education is an employment agency offering temporary supply work for daily, short-term and long-term assignments in addition to permanent positions.<br /><br />You must be suitably qualified for the position advertised and be prepared to attend a face to face interview with Axcis to demonstrate your suitability for this role.<br /><br />Salary / Pay Rate will be dependent on your skills and experience.</em><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#e0004d;"><a href="/job-page-disclaimer">View the disclaimer</a></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#e0004d;"><strong>Contact: </strong></span><strong> Emma Court&nbsp;</strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#e0004d;">Telephone: </span> 0117 4722400 | Ext: 2004</strong></strong>