Special Needs Teaching Assistant

Recruiting for a bank of Teaching Assistants to support students with Special Educational Needs within the Upminster area. Our aim is to make these children have a positive impact with their education as well as their social & emotional development.

PART TIME - LONG TERM - BANK WORK - SHORT TERM - The teaching assistant job roles are between 8.30am - 3.30pm term time; may suit someone with the skills who is looking for school based hours.

ASAP or September 2025

Do you have a passion to work with children that have Special Education Needs?

Interested if you have a background as a Teaching Assistant, Youth Worker, Psychology graduate or maybe you have transferable skills from the Care Setting or Public Sector?

We are looking for:

• Experience/knowledge who has worked with children or Adults with additional needs.
• Passionate about supporting children with Special Educational Needs.
• Someone who can work 1-1, in a team and a group setting.
• Knowledge/experience working with a variety of Learning Difficulties ie ADHD, ASD, SPEECH & LANGUAGE, SEMH.
• To support teaching & learning whilst understanding traits and triggers to make learning a positive experience

We offer:

• A full face-to-face interview to ascertain your skills, experience & understand the right role for you
• Over 300 training courses for all workers
• Competitive Monthly pay with additional Holiday pay
• On going support from the schools & Apex team who are teachers with over 20 years school based recruitment experience

We strive to find the right role for you as well as the students

EVERY CHILD MATTERS - EVERY ADULT MATTERS

If you are interested in a Teaching Assistant role, please call us for a discussion or apply with your CV and a covering letter.

This post is subject to a face-to-face interview, vetting checks including enhanced DBS and full compliance for working with children.

We aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We adhere to 'Safer Recruitment of Children guidance and all staff are fully trained.

Apex Education Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer