Learning Support Assistant

Senploy; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate start

Full-time, long-term position

SEN experience will be gained

Job summary

Senploy is seeking a dedicated 1:1 SEND Teaching Assistant to support a pupil with additional needs in Knowsley, Merseyside. The role is full-time and long-term with an ASAP start, working closely with the class teacher, SENCO and support staff to provide tailored one-to-one support throughout the school day.

You'll help the pupil develop communication, emotional regulation and learning routines using visual timetables, strategies, and personalised targets, while maintaining a safe, inclusive

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children or young people with additional needs.
• Enhanced DBS on the Update Service, or willingness to obtain one.
• Previous experience supporting ASC, ADHD, SEMH or communication difficulties would be beneficial.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with children.

Responsibilities

• Providing dedicated individual support during lessons and school activities.
• Adapting learning tasks to suit the pupil's abilities and understanding.
• Breaking instructions into clear, manageable steps.
• Supporting communication, concentration and classroom engagement.
• Helping the pupil manage transitions between lessons and activities.
• Recording progress and sharing observations with teaching staff.
• Maintaining a safe, supportive and inclusive learning environment.

Job description

1:1 SEND Teaching Assistant - Supporting Progress Beyond the Classroom

Location: Knowsley, Merseyside

Contract: Full-Time | Long-Term

Start Date: ASAP

For some children with additional needs, the school day can present challenges that other pupils may never notice.

A busy corridor might feel overwhelming. A change in timetable could create anxiety. Following instructions, communicating with classmates or moving between activities may require additional support.

Having someone who understands these challenges can transform a child's experience of education.

We're recruiting a dedicated 1:1 SEND Teaching Assistant to join an inclusive school in Knowsley, providing individual support to a pupil who requires additional guidance with learning, communication, emotional regulation and everyday school routines.

This is a full-time, long-term opportunity with an immediate start, ideal for someone that enjoys building meaningful relationships and helping children develop the skills needed to participate confidently in school life.

The pupil you support may have needs associated with:

• Autism (ASC) - including communication differences, sensory sensitivities and difficulties managing changes to routines.
• Autism (ASC) - including communication differences, sensory sensitivities and difficulties managing changes to routines.
• ADHD - affecting concentration, organisation, impulse control and emotional regulation.
• ADHD - affecting concentration, organisation, impulse control and emotional regulation.
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs - including anxiety, emotional distress and difficulties building relationships.
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs - including anxiety, emotional distress and difficulties building relationships.
• Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) - requiring adapted instructions, visual resources and additional communication support.
• Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) - requiring adapted instructions, visual resources and additional communication support.
• Learning Difficulties - where personalised teaching approaches and additional repetition can help make learning accessible.
• Learning Difficulties - where personalised teaching approaches and additional repetition can help make learning accessible.

Your approach will be tailored to the individual pupil, recognising their strengths, challenges and personal learning targets.

Working closely with the class teacher, SENCO and wider support team, you'll provide consistent one-to-one assistance throughout the school day.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing dedicated individual support during lessons and school activities.
• Providing dedicated individual support during lessons and school activities.
• Adapting learning tasks to suit the pupil's abilities and understanding.
• Adapting learning tasks to suit the pupil's abilities and understanding.
• Breaking instructions into clear, manageable steps.
• Breaking instructions into clear, manageable steps.
• Supporting communication, concentration and classroom engagement.
• Supporting communication, concentration and classroom engagement.
• Helping the pupil manage transitions between lessons and activities.
• Helping the pupil manage transitions between lessons and activities.
• Recognising signs of anxiety, frustration or sensory overload.
• Recognising signs of anxiety, frustration or sensory overload.
• Using agreed strategies to support emotional regulation and positive behaviour.
• Using agreed strategies to support emotional regulation and positive behaviour.
• Encouraging independence with classroom routines and everyday tasks.
• Encouraging independence with classroom routines and everyday tasks.
• Supporting individual learning objectives and EHCP targets.
• Supporting individual learning objectives and EHCP targets.
• Helping the pupil develop social confidence and positive relationships.
• Helping the pupil develop social confidence and positive relationships.
• Using visual timetables, communication aids and structured activities where appropriate.
• Using visual timetables, communication aids and structured activities where appropriate.
• Supporting participation in group learning without creating unnecessary dependence.
• Supporting participation in group learning without creating unnecessary dependence.
• Recording progress and sharing observations with teaching staff.
• Recording progress and sharing observations with teaching staff.
• Maintaining a safe, supportive and inclusive learning environment.
• Maintaining a safe, supportive and inclusive learning environment.

One of the most rewarding aspects of one-to-one SEND support is seeing a pupil begin to manage situations they previously found difficult.

It might be independently organising their belongings.

Asking for help rather than becoming frustrated.

Joining a group activity without additional reassurance.

Or successfully managing a change in routine using strategies you've helped them practise.

These everyday achievements can have a lasting impact on a child's confidence and development.

Your role is to provide the right level of support while gradually helping the pupil develop greater independence.

Who we are looking for:

We're interested in candidates who have experience supporting children or young people with additional needs.

• SEND Teaching Assistant or Learning Support Assistant.
• SEND Teaching Assistant or Learning Support Assistant.
• One-to-One Support Assistant.
• One-to-One Support Assistant.
• Autism Support Worker.
• Autism Support Worker.
• Behaviour Mentor or Pastoral Support Assistant.
• Behaviour Mentor or Pastoral Support Assistant.
• Children's Support Worker.
• Children's Support Worker.
• Youth Worker or Residential Support Worker.
• Youth Worker or Residential Support Worker.
• Early Years Practitioner supporting additional needs.
• Early Years Practitioner supporting additional needs.

We also welcome applications from psychology graduates, education graduates and individuals considering careers in specialist education who have relevant practical experience.

Previous experience supporting ASC, ADHD, SEMH or communication difficulties would be particularly beneficial.

You’ll need to be someone who:

• Is patient, compassionate and consistent.
• Is patient, compassionate and consistent.
• Can build trusting relationships with children.
• Can build trusting relationships with children.
• Understands the importance of individualised SEND support.
• Understands the importance of individualised SEND support.
• Can remain calm when pupils experience emotional or sensory challenges.
• Can remain calm when pupils experience emotional or sensory challenges.
• Encourages independence rather than completing tasks for pupils.
• Encourages independence rather than completing tasks for pupils.
• Is adaptable and able to respond to changing needs.
• Is adaptable and able to respond to changing needs.
• Communicates effectively with teachers and other professionals.
• Communicates effectively with teachers and other professionals.
• Understands safeguarding, confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• Understands safeguarding, confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• Is genuinely committed to helping children develop confidence and life skills.
• Is genuinely committed to helping children develop confidence and life skills.

An Enhanced DBS on the Update Service, or willingness to obtain one, will be required.

What we offer:

• Full-time, long-term employment in Knowsley.
• Full-time, long-term employment in Knowsley.
• Immediate start for the successful candidate.
• Immediate start for the successful candidate.
• Valuable one-to-one SEND experience.
• Valuable one-to-one SEND experience.
• Opportunities to develop specialist communication and behaviour-support skills.
• Opportunities to develop specialist communication and behaviour-support skills.
• Practical experience supporting EHCP targets and individual learning plans.
• Practical experience supporting EHCP targets and individual learning plans.
• Experience working alongside teachers, SENCOs and education professionals.
• Experience working alongside teachers, SENCOs and education professionals.
• A rewarding opportunity to make a direct difference to one pupil's development.
• A rewarding opportunity to make a direct difference to one pupil's development.

Education isn't only about academic achievement.

For children with additional needs, developing confidence, independence, communication and emotional resilience can be just as important.

As a 1:1 SEND Teaching Assistant, you'll help a young person develop these essential skills while ensuring they feel supported, included and capable of making progress.