Learning Support Assistant - Immediate Start

Learning Support Assistant - Immediate Start

Location: Leeds

Contract: Temporary to permanent (term time only). Monday to Friday (8:30-3:30)

Start date: ASAP

Salary: £90 - £95 per day (dependant on experience)

About the Role

NextGen Teachers are proud to be partnering with a specialist SEN school in Leeds that is dedicated to transforming the lives of learners with additional needs.

At this exceptional school, every child's learning journey is shaped by their individual Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), ensuring that support is truly personalised. As a valued member of this passionate team, you'll play a vital role in helping each learner achieve their full potential. Your empathy, creativity, and dedication will make a meaningful impact on their progress, wellbeing, and independence.

The school's pathway-based learning model offers a highly individualised curriculum that celebrates each learner's unique strengths, abilities, and aspirations.

They are now seeking Specialist Support Assistants to join their committed team, working with primary-aged pupils. In this rewarding role, you'll engage learners through a multi-sensory, non-subject-specific curriculum designed to promote engagement, emotional regulation, physical development, and an enhanced quality of life.

Key Responsibilities

• Support learners with complex needs, including those with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD)
• Deliver engaging, multi-sensory learning experiences that incorporate touch, sound, light, movement, and smell
• Collaborate effectively within a dedicated team that upholds a high staff-to-learner ratio
• Implement a range of communication strategies, including Makaton, communication books, and visual supports
• Provide compassionate personal care, ensuring learners' comfort, dignity, and wellbeing
• Assist learners with regular positional changes throughout the day to promote physical comfort and mobility development
  
  

Requirements

• Previous experience working with learners who have complex SEN needs
• Experience providing personal care
• Patience, empathy, and effective positive behaviour management skills
• Willingness to support offsite educational experiences
• A genuine passion for helping learners achieve their potential
• Understanding of safeguarding practices and accurate record-keeping
• Team Teach trained (or willingness to complete training)
• Enhanced DBS on the Update Service (or willingness to apply)
• Minimum of Grade C/4 in GCSE English, Maths, and Science
  
  

If you meet the above requirements and are eager to contribute to the safe, happy environment that supports the learning of every student, please email your CV to charlotte@nextgenteachers.co.uk, or apply directly to this advert.

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