SEN Teaching Assistant/ELSA
| Posting date: | 06 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 December 2025 |
| Location: | Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7EH |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ebfdfbcf-8daa-4b01-be81-ec39f78017e1 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
What we are looking for:
• Enthusiastic, creative and a passionate nature
• An engaging,warm personality
• Positive behaviour management with a therapeutic approach
• Willingness to work as part of a team
• ELSA/mental health first aid qualification/experience desirable, or willingness to undertake training
The right candidate will:
• Have a nurturing outlook and approach
• Plan, prepare and deliver high quality ELSA sessions for both groups and individuals
• Work with identified pupils to overcome barriers linked to anxiety, mental health,confidence and resilience
• Assess, record and report on development progress in emotional literacy and wellbeing to staff and parents
• Develop positive relationships with students,parents and staff
• Promote resilience, confidence and independence through positive routines,modelling and encouragement
• Have an ability to work using their own initiative
• Have a high level of communication skills and the ability to relate positively to children and adults and build trust
• Be resilient, adaptive and have good behaviour management
• Be a team player and work closely with other staff members within the school
• Have experience of working with children with SEN
• Have knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures
• Able to deliver prepared lessons to cover staff absence
What the school offers its staff
• An ambitious, highly skilled team to work with
• Wonderful, friendly children who want to learn
• A community dedicated to learning and willing to try new things
• A supportive SLT that values wellbeing.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
What we are looking for:
• Enthusiastic, creative and a passionate nature
• An engaging,warm personality
• Positive behaviour management with a therapeutic approach
• Willingness to work as part of a team
• ELSA/mental health first aid qualification/experience desirable, or willingness to undertake training
The right candidate will:
• Have a nurturing outlook and approach
• Plan, prepare and deliver high quality ELSA sessions for both groups and individuals
• Work with identified pupils to overcome barriers linked to anxiety, mental health,confidence and resilience
• Assess, record and report on development progress in emotional literacy and wellbeing to staff and parents
• Develop positive relationships with students,parents and staff
• Promote resilience, confidence and independence through positive routines,modelling and encouragement
• Have an ability to work using their own initiative
• Have a high level of communication skills and the ability to relate positively to children and adults and build trust
• Be resilient, adaptive and have good behaviour management
• Be a team player and work closely with other staff members within the school
• Have experience of working with children with SEN
• Have knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures
• Able to deliver prepared lessons to cover staff absence
What the school offers its staff
• An ambitious, highly skilled team to work with
• Wonderful, friendly children who want to learn
• A community dedicated to learning and willing to try new things
• A supportive SLT that values wellbeing.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.