Entry level LSA / TA / SEND Support Worker

Protocol Education Ltd; Witham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational recruitment agency in Witham seeks an Entry Level LSA/TA/Care Assistant to support children with special needs. This long-term, full-time position requires a passion for helping vulnerable individuals, with no prior experience necessary. The role includes working 5 days a week, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. All candidates must provide appropriate qualifications and undergo a DBS check.

Benefits

FREE online safeguarding training

Opportunity for permanent role

Qualifications

• All applicants require appropriate qualifications and training.
• No prior experience necessary; desire to assist with special needs required.

Responsibilities

• Support students with a variety of special needs.
• Inspire, motivate, and challenge each pupil.
• Build strong relationships and rapport with children.

Skills

Passion for supporting children

Ability to build relationships

Social care background

Job description

✨Entry Level LSA/TA/Care Assistant/SEND Support Worker- Required now!✨

Opportunity

• Do you want to make a difference?
• Are you passionate about working with children or vulnerable adults with special needs?
• Do you have a social care background?
• Or even had personal experience supporting SEND?
• If so, we would love to hear from you!

Protocol Education are looking to recruit a learning support assistant/teaching assistant to join a SEND provision in Witham.

The students that attend the schools have a variety of special needs, including ASD / SEMH / MLD / SLD / PMLD or have been identified as having a statement of an educational need. Therefore, a desire to assist in this area is required, but no experience is necessary!

All staff work to inspire, motivate, challenge and support each pupil, no matter what their individual needs may be. A friendly and positive approach to teaching and learning, as well as the ability to quickly build up strong relationships and rapport with individual children is important.

Position Details

This is a long-term, full-time position so we are looking for candidates to be available 5 days a week between the hours of 8:30am-15:30pm.

If you have a real passion for supporting children with special needs and think this role sounds right for you then please apply now!

Requirements

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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