Job Description

SEN Teaching Assistant - Full Time | Long-Term | Shrewsbury 🌟

📍 Shrewsbury

📅 Starting September 2026

💼 Full-Time, Long-Term Role

⚠️ Experience Required (Mandatory)

👶📚 Supporting Ages EYFS - 16+

Aspire People are currently recruiting for an experienced SEN Teaching Assistant to join a fantastic and highly supportive specialist provision in Shrewsbury. This is a full-time, long-term role starting in September, offering an incredibly rewarding opportunity to support children and young people across a wide age range, from EYFS through to 16+.

This provision supports pupils with a variety of additional needs, including SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health), Autism, ADHD, and complex learning difficulties. The setting is committed to providing a safe, structured, and nurturing environment where every learner is supported as an individual and encouraged to achieve their full potential.

You will be joining a dedicated and experienced team who work closely together to ensure consistency, care, and high-quality support for all pupils. The staff team is incredibly supportive, collaborative, and passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and young people who require additional guidance and understanding.

This is a highly rewarding role for someone who has strong experience in SEN and is confident working with a wide age range and varying levels of need. You must be resilient, patient, and able to adapt your approach depending on the individual needs of each pupil.

✨ What the role involves:

* Supporting pupils aged EYFS through to 16+

* Working with SEMH, Autism, ADHD, and complex needs

* Providing 1:1 and small group support

* Helping pupils regulate behaviour and emotions

* Supporting engagement in learning and life skills

* Working closely with teachers, therapists, and wider support staff

* Creating a safe, structured, and positive environment

✨ What the school can offer:

* A highly experienced and supportive SEN team

* Ongoing training and development opportunities

* A well-structured and nurturing environment

* The chance to make a genuine and lasting impact

* Long-term stability with potential for progression

✨ The ideal candidate will:

* Have proven experience working in SEN settings (essential)

* Be confident supporting a wide age range (EYFS-16+)

* Have experience with SEMH, Autism, ADHD, or complex needs

* Be calm, patient, and resilient under pressure

* Have strong behaviour management skills

* Be committed, reliable, and passionate about supporting vulnerable learners

Due to the complexity of needs within this setting, prior SEN experience is essential for this role.

If you are an experienced SEN Teaching Assistant looking for a meaningful long-term role where every day makes a difference, we would love to hear from you.

📩 Apply today with Aspire People to find out more about this fantastic SEN TA opportunity in Shrewsbury.

Aspire People Limited provides services as an Education Agency and an Education Employment Business. Aspire People is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects every candidate to share this commitment. Placements are subject, to appropriate Child Protection screening, including checks with former employers and the Disclosure and Barring Checks