Aspiring Social Worker: Learning Support Assistant

AMA Admin; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 17,235 - 22,616; Full time

Job summary

AMA Admin in Maidenhead is seeking an Aspiring Social Worker - Learning Support Assistant for a full-time, term-time role starting September 2026. The position pays £108 per day, with hours 8:30am–3:30pm, Monday to Friday, and operates in a specialist educational setting supporting vulnerable children who have experienced trauma, loss, or disadvantage.

You will gain frontline experience to strengthen your social work training, focusing on emotional regulation, relationship building,

Qualifications

• Interest in pursuing social work training.
• Willingness to work with vulnerable children.
• Ability to work in a school setting with trauma-informed approaches.

Responsibilities

• Rebuild confidence, trust, and emotional safety for students.
• Support emotional regulation and relationship-building as a path to change.
• Apply personalised, trauma-informed approaches to learning support.
• Help interpret behaviour as communication to guide support.

Job description

AMA Admin in Maidenhead is seeking an Aspiring Social Worker - Learning Support Assistant for a full-time, term-time role starting September 2026. The position pays £108 per day, with hours 8:30am–3:30pm, Monday to Friday, and operates in a specialist educational setting supporting vulnerable children who have experienced trauma, loss, or disadvantage.

You will gain frontline experience to strengthen your social work training, focusing on emotional regulation, relationship building,