SEN Teaching Assistant - Full‑Time & Part‑Time (Walsall)

Start: September 2025
Hours: Monday-Friday, 08:30-15:30 (term‑time)
Contract: Full‑ and part‑time options available

About the School

Join a thriving special school supporting pupils aged 7-18 with EHCPs for moderate learning difficulties, many with additional needs such as autism, speech, language, communication, and social/emotional challenges. Students are taught in small classes, benefiting from a strong team of teaching assistants and staff trained in the Team Teach behaviour management system. Ofsted rated the school as Outstanding.

Your Role Will Include

* Providing tailored support to individuals and small groups, aligned with EHCP outcomes

* Supporting teachers in delivering an engaging, adapted curriculum

* Implementing advanced behaviour strategies including Team Teach de-escalation techniques

* Working alongside therapists (speech & language, physiotherapy), medical staff, and the wider multi-agency team

* Assisting during break and lunch to promote independence and social skills

* Monitoring and helping document pupil progress, and communicating with parents and carers

About You

* You're caring, patient, adaptable, and passionate about supporting children with SEN

* You're an excellent communicator, comfortable working in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment

* Experience or interest in working with pupils with autism, communication needs, or SEMH

* You're committed to professional growth; training is strongly supported

* Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain), and a strong commitment to safeguarding practices

Why You'll Love It

* Work in a nurturing environment with small class sizes and a high staff-to-pupil ratio

* Engage with a highly adapted and inclusive curriculum—staff-led reading programmes, vocational pathways and outdoor learning

* Be part of a school community that values British values, outdoor learning, and students' personal development

* Join a school with a proud history of Excellence and support, rated Outstanding by Ofsted

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more contact Steph at Zest Education or 'apply for job' at the top of the page to submit your details.

Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years