SEN Teaching Assistant

SEN 1:1 Teaching Assistant 

• Location: Coleford area
• Start Date: November
• Contract: Full-time, Long-term

At Long-Term Teachers, we’re passionate about connecting dedicated professionals with rewarding opportunities that truly make a difference. We’re currently seeking a caring, patient, and proactive SEN Teaching Assistant to provide 1:1 support for a young child with complex needs in a nurturing primary school in the Coleford area.

About the Role

In this rewarding position, you’ll work closely with a pupil who requires individualised support to help them thrive both academically and emotionally. You’ll play an essential role in promoting positive behaviour, building confidence, and fostering a supportive environment where learning feels achievable and enjoyable.

This role would suit someone with experience in SEN or SEMH support, pastoral care, or behavioural management, who is ready to make a lasting impact in a child’s education journey.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Experience supporting children with SEN and/or SEMH needs
• A calm, patient, and nurturing approach
• Strong understanding of behavioural management strategies
• Compassion, flexibility, and a proactive mindset
• Knowledge of SEND interventions or support programmes
• A genuine passion for helping every child achieve their potential
• The ability to build positive, trusting relationships with pupils and staff

About the School

This warm and welcoming school places kindness, inclusion, and personal growth at the heart of everything they do. Their vision is to create a caring and inspiring environment where every child feels valued, supported, and motivated to reach their full potential.

If you’re an empathetic and dedicated professional looking to expand your experience within a supportive school environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today to take the next step in your career and help shape a child’s future for the better.

Working with Long-term Teachers:

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.

LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.

We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.

In addition you will receive:

- Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities

- Permanent job roles

- Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process

- Working to Agency Workers Regulations

- Interview preparation, advice and support

- Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay