Ortus Recruitment are trying to find a teaching assistant who is passionate about helping children progress in their academic studies. The individual selected for this role needs to have experience with working with children who have special educational needs such as speech and language difficulties.

What skills you will need :

• Excellent numeracy and literacy skills – ability to help students progress with their education.
• Creative thinking – ability to find engaging leaning activities where the children are learning but also having fun.
• Resilience
• Enthusiastic and positive mindset throughout the day
• Understanding of the children’s needs.

What will the role include ?

• Supporting the children with their reading and writing
• Reading to the students, and letting them read to you to help them with their pronunciation of words they are having difficulties with.
• Encouraging their creative ideas
• Meeting their emotional, physical and social needs.

What do we offer ?

• Opportunity to gain high quality experience in primary schools
• REC cooperate members
• Supportive team environment
• Generous daily pay (£80-£90)
• Partnership with holiday camps

Speech and language teaching assistant| Merton | Immediate start | PAYE £80-£90)|