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Special educational needs assistant

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Sen ta Sen teacher's aide Sen teaching assistant Assistant in special educational needs Inclusive education assistant Special education assistant Special educational needs assistant Special educational needs teaching assistant Special needs teaching assistant Teaching assistant in special educational needs

Special educational needs assistants assist special education teachers in their classroom duties. They tend to the physical needs of students with a variety of disabilities and help out with tasks such as bathroom breaks, bus rides, eating and classroom switches. They also provide instructional support to students, teachers and parents and prepare lesson programmes. Special educational needs assistants supply support for students tailored to their specific needs, help out with challenging assignments and monitor students' progress and classroom behaviour.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Demonstrating, supervising and participating in activities that enhance the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children in schools and pre-schools;
(b) Preparing indoor and outdoor areas for learning and recreational activities;
(c) Assisting children with intellectual, physical, behavioural and other learning difficulties with their studies;
(d) Assisting children individually to learn social skills;
(e) Assisting with preparing teaching materials, and copying and collating written and printed material;
(f) Operating audio-visual equipment, computers and other teaching aides;
(g) Distributing and collecting lesson material.

Knowledge

  • Medicine
  • Care of the elderly and of disabled adults
  • Teacher training without subject specialisation
  • Education science
  • Psychology

Digital competencies

  • Caring for children
  • Monitoring and evaluating the performance of individuals
  • Collaborating and liaising
  • Developing instructive or promotional materials
  • Coaching and mentoring

Digital competencies

  • Using digital tools for collaboration and productivity

Personal competencies

  • Leading others
  • Supporting others
  • Dealing with problems
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Service and sales workers

Personal care workers

Child care workers and teachers' aides

Teachers' aides

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Teachers' aides

6.018

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

26,31%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

22,74% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

26,55%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

72,10%

Part-time contracts

1,76% Turnover index

1.110

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-4%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Personal care workers

25%

75%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Personal care workers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Child care workers and teachers' aides

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Teachers' aides

No experience
21%
Less than 1 year
19%
Between 1 and 2 years
40%
Between 2 and 4 years
9%
Between 4 and 8 years
2%
More than 8 years
9%
Education
45%
Human health and social work activities
14%
Administrative and support service activities
9%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
9%
Information and communication
9%
Others
14%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.