SEND Teaching Assistants – Immediate Start, Barking

Full-time | Long-term | Immediate Start | Mainstream Primary School

Rising Hope Education is urgently recruiting experienced SEND Teaching Assistants for two long-term opportunities within a welcoming mainstream primary school in Barking.

These positions have become available at short notice and the school is keen to meet suitable candidates as soon as possible.

We are particularly interested in Teaching Assistants who have experience supporting children with autism and additional needs, understand that behaviour is a form of communication, and are confident adapting their approach to the individual child.

Role 1 – KS2 SEND TA | Maths Intervention & 1:1 Support

This is a varied SEND Teaching Assistant role working within Key Stage 2.

During the mornings, you will support pupils with maths and numeracy interventions, working with individuals and small groups of children who require additional support to access learning and build confidence.

In the afternoons, your focus will move towards 1:1 SEND support, working closely with an individual pupil and helping them successfully access the mainstream classroom environment.

The school is looking for somebody who can combine strong academic support with a genuine understanding of SEND.

You should be:

• Confident supporting KS2 maths and numeracy
• Experienced in delivering small-group or individual interventions
• Comfortable providing 1:1 SEND support
• Patient, adaptable and emotionally intelligent
• Able to build positive relationships while maintaining clear boundaries
• Confident working collaboratively with teachers, SENCOs and other support staff

Role 2 – SEND Provision Teaching Assistant

We also potentially have an opportunity within the school's specialist SEND provision.

For this position, we are particularly interested in candidates with strong experience supporting autistic children and pupils with more complex additional needs.

We are looking for somebody who understands that effective autism support is about far more than simply managing behaviour.

You should be able to recognise communication needs, sensory differences, regulation and dysregulation, and understand how changes in environment, routine or expectations can affect an autistic child.

Experience in areas such as the following would be particularly valuable:

• Autism / ASC
• Communication and interaction needs
• Emotional and sensory regulation
• Non-verbal or minimally verbal pupils
• Visual supports and structured routines
• Attention Autism
• PECS, Makaton or alternative communication approaches
• Supporting children with EHCPs
• Personalised learning and engagement
• Positive behaviour support

You do not necessarily need experience in every area above. More importantly, we are looking for somebody with genuine SEND experience, patience, empathy and the ability to understand the individual child behind the behaviour.

Immediate availability

The requirement is immediate, with the school looking to secure the right people as quickly as possible.

Ideally, applicants will already hold an Enhanced Child Workforce DBS registered on the Update Service, as this will allow us to move extremely quickly.

If you do not currently have an Update Service DBS, please still apply. Rising Hope Education can arrange a new Enhanced DBS application, although this will need to be completed before you can begin working.

About Rising Hope Education

Rising Hope Education specialises in SEND and inclusion recruitment across East London, supporting mainstream schools, specialist provisions and SEND settings with carefully selected education professionals.

We take the time to understand both our candidates and the children they will be supporting. For us, SEND recruitment isn't simply about filling a vacancy – it's about finding somebody whose experience, personality and approach genuinely fit the child and the school.

If you are an experienced Teaching Assistant looking for a long-term SEND position in Barking and can start immediately, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today with your most recent CV and we will contact suitable applicants as quickly as possible.

£100–£115 per day PAYE | Full-time | Long-term | Immediate Start

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