DescriptionAre you passionate about truly making a difference in the lives of young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs?Become an Eslander and start a truly rewarding career!Salary: £21,279 to £23,908 per annum (dependent on experience)Hours: Full time (Monday to Friday)Become an Eslander and start a truly rewarding career!Esland are driven to changing children''s lives for the better by providing best-in-class specialist services. Esland schools support a number of vulnerable young people aged 8-18 years with SEMH.Our Teaching Assistants (TAs) play a vital role working alongside our class teachers to support our amazing students to fulfil their potential and to develop their skills of independence.Staff may work with individual students or small groups to assist them to access our broad balanced, fun, relevant and functional curriculum. Our students have a range of learning needs, and have all experienced trauma in their lives; these experiences mean that sometimes students present with some challenging behaviours.The position is based at our SEN School in Silsoe, Bedfordshire.A successful SEN Teaching Assistant will:Have an awareness of how to meet the needs of primary and secondary aged children who have experienced difficulty in accessing mainstream education.Have an awareness of additional SEND needs which impact on children''s ability to self-regulate - communication and interaction; cognition and learning; sensory and physical needs.Be ..... full job details .....