Aspiring Social Worker - Learning Support Assistant Maidenhead

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

Maidenhead | September 2026 Start

Pay: £108 per day
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 3:30pm

Contract: Full-time, Term Time Only

Aspiring Social Worker - Learning Support Assistant Maidenhead - Education and Training

Are you an aspiring Social Worker looking to build your career supporting the UK's most vulnerable children and young people?

Do you want to gain frontline experience that will give you a competitive edge for social work training and future roles in safeguarding, family support, or children's services?

This is not just a classroom support role. This is an opportunity to work with young people who have experienced trauma, loss, neglect, and systemic disadvantage—the very children who would be on a social worker's caseload. You will gain real-world insight into how adversity shapes behaviour, learning, and wellbeing, and develop the relational skills needed to make a lasting difference.

Aspiring Social Worker - Learning Support Assistant Maidenhead - Education and Training

About the Role

This specialist provision in Maidenhead supports young people who have struggled in mainstream education due to:

• Anxiety and depression
• Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA)
• Trauma and negative school experiences
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) including family breakdown, loss, and exposure to domestic adversity

As a Learning Support Assistant, your role will be to rebuild confidence, trust, and emotional safety—the very foundations that have been fractured for these young people. You will work in a small, nurturing setting with a strong focus on:

• Emotional regulation
• Relationship building as a vehicle for change
• Personalised, trauma-informed approaches
• Behaviour as communication - understanding the 'why' behind the behaviour

Aspiring Social Worker - Learning Support Assistant Maidenhead - Education and Training

Why This Role is Ideal for Aspiring Social Workers

Working in a school with vulnerable children is invaluable experience for anyone pursuing a career in social work. You will develop skills and insights that are directly transferable to social work practice:

• Understanding the impact of trauma, neglect, and adversity on child development and wellbeing
• Building trusting relationships with children who have experienced relational breakdowns and may be wary of adults
• Working at the intersection of education, safeguarding, and mental health - where many social work interventions take place
• Developing safeguarding awareness and understanding when and how to elevate concernsSupporting children at risk of exclusion, disengagement, or ente