Leaning Support Assistant

Vision for Education Ltd; Taunton; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Vision for Education Ltd. is seeking Learning Support Assistants to support students across all year groups in Somerset. Roles include assisting with enrichment activities, creating individualized learning resources, and following teacher plans.

A DBS check is standard, and you may be asked to cover different age groups as needed. The position offers term-time hours with a typical day starting at 08:15 and finishing at 15:30, with potential for temp-to-perm progressions and a reliable commute

Qualifications

• Experience in education or care is desirable but not essential.
• Willing to cover all year groups.
• Reliable and able to commute to work.

Responsibilities

• Support students to engage in enrichment activities.
• Develop learning resources for students' communication needs.
• Work closely with teachers to follow session plans and report progress.
• Apply Positive Behaviour Support strategies to learning.

Skills

Student support

Resource development

Team collaboration

Behaviour management

Job description

Learning Support Assistant Vacancy November 2026

Vision for Education support a variety of SEMH & SEN primary and secondary schools in Somerset, and are recruiting Learning Support Assistants who are flexible with supporting children across all ages. A typical working day would start at 08:15am and finish at 15:30pm. The schools we work with are welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environments where staff work collaboratively to help every child succeed. Students needs can vary from ASC, ADHD, ADD, challenging behaviours, learning difficulties, PMLD and Social Emotional Mental Health Needs. We will aim to find you work as close to home as possible.

We are looking for both full time and part time Learning Support Assistants who are happy to cover all year groups. If you have a specific preference of days you would like to work or age groups you would prefer to support, please let us know and we can meet your expectations. Permanent positions can be offered through Vision for Education on a temp-to-perm basis if the school feel you are the right fit, and this is something you wish to pursue yourself. The right candidate would ideally be a driver, but this is not essential, as long as you can easily commute to work as we are seeking highly reliable staff. Experience in the education or care sector is highly desired, but not essential.

Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

Main Responsibilities

• Supporting students to engage in a range of enrichment activities.
• Developing learning resources that are individualised to meet students communication needs.
• Working closely with teacher to follow session plans and schemes of work and reporting on the progress of students to inform future planning.
• Utilising strategies from students' Positive Behaviour Support Plan to engage effectively in learning, whether on-site or in the community.

Pay & Hours

14.24 p/h. Monday - Friday 08:30am - 15:30pm, term time only.

About us

We are a market-leading education supply agency committed to the development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high quality educators.

We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.