Specialist Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant

Wandsworth Sensory Support Service is a provider of education for children and young people who are deaf, blind or have multiple sensory impairments. This is an exciting opportunity to join our highly motivated and skilled team as a Teaching Assistant within the Willow Hearing Support Centre based at Sellincourt Primary School in Tooting. The Willow currently has twelve primary aged deaf children who follow a mainstream curriculum with added specialist support from the Hearing Support Centre. Children at the Willow all use verbal and written English and benefit from either using hearing aids or cochlear implants, as well as other supportive technology.

You will be working across all age ranges, however, we will consider preference and expertise for a particular key stage; please discuss this at interview. The children at Willow require academic support, social input and support with audiology and access to the curriculum. Full and continuous training and support; as well as a comprehensive induction package will be provided from our on-site team.

For success in this role you would be a patient, calm and caring individual, who is able to demonstrate a high level of awareness when caring for children. The postholder will also need to be able to adapt to a busy and ever-changing environment as well as engage with the multi-disciplinary team involved in the student's wider care provision. As part of the Willow team, the postholder will be expected to have a flexible approach and will be deployed by the Teacher in Charge to work with children across the school.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has high expectations, is passionate about transforming young people's lives and has a desire to develop their career by working with children and young people with sensory needs.

The Wandsworth Sensory Support Service is a very special place to work and staff wellbeing and career progression are very important to us. In addition to the benefits listed below, as part of working for Richmond and Wandsworth, you will be provided with tailored in-house and external training appropriate to your needs and interests.

Further Information: If you would like further information on this post, please contact Hannah Campion from Wandsworth Sensory Support Service on

Closing Date: 26th Sept.

Shortlisting Date: 27th Sept.

Interview Date: W/C 30th Sept.

We offer a personalised induction and a wide range of learning and development opportunities. You will feel a part of a supportive and positive team, located in a diverse and vibrant area of Tooting.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.