Learning Support Assistant

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; St Helens; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd in St Helens is seeking an experienced Learning Support Assistant for a long-term, temp-to-perm role. You will support children with SEND, helping them engage with learning, regulate emotions and develop independence within a supportive school team.

The role emphasises building relationships, adapting approaches to individual needs, and working closely with teachers to ensure pupil progress. Availability ASAP and a daily rate reflects experience.

Qualifications

• Warm, resilient and relationship-led with SEND experience.
• Experience supporting pupils with autism, SEMH or anxiety is useful.
• Ability to maintain calm and build supportive relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and small-group learning support.
• Support pupils to engage with lessons and activities.
• Help pupils understand and follow routines.
• Support emotional regulation and positive behaviour.
• Build strong, consistent relationships with pupils and staff.
• Encourage communication and independence.
• Provide reassurance for pupils when they experience anxiety or difficulty.
• Work closely with teachers and the wider school team.
• Adapt approach to meet individual needs.
• Help pupils celebrate progress.

Skills

SEND experience

Communication skills

Patience

Job description

• SEND Location: St Helens, Merseyside Pay: £92.63-£123.83 per day, dependent on experience Contract: Long-term / Temp-to-Perm Start Date: ASAP SEND Inclusion Support are recruiting an experienced Learning Support Assistant for a long-term opportunity in St Helens.

This role is about much more than sitting alongside a pupil in the classroom.

You'll be supporting children and young people who may need additional help with communication, learning, emotional regulation, social interaction or engagement, helping them overcome barriers and become more independent.

• Providing individual and small-group learning support.

Providing individual and small-group learning support.

• Supporting pupils to engage with lessons and activities.

Supporting pupils to engage with lessons and activities.

• Helping pupils understand and follow routines.

Helping pupils understand and follow routines.

• Supporting emotional regulation and positive behaviour.

Supporting emotional regulation and positive behaviour.

• Building strong, consistent relationships.

Building strong, consistent relationships.

• Encouraging communication and independence.

Encouraging communication and independence.

• Providing reassurance where pupils experience anxiety or difficulty.

Providing reassurance where pupils experience anxiety or difficulty.

• Working closely with teachers and the wider school team.

Working closely with teachers and the wider school team.

• Adapting your approach around individual needs.

Adapting your approach around individual needs.

• Helping pupils celebrate and recognise their progress.

Helping pupils celebrate and recognise their progress.

We're looking for someone who is warm, resilient and relationship-led, with genuine experience supporting pupils with SEND. You might already be working as a:

• SEN Teaching Assistant SEN Teaching Assistant
• SEND TA SEND TA
• Support Worker Support Worker
• Youth Worker Youth Worker Experience of autism, SEMH, anxiety, complex needs or communication difficulties would be particularly useful.

You'll need to be someone who can remain calm when things become challenging and who understands that behaviour often communicates an unmet need.

We aren't looking for candidates who simply want to move between day-to-day placements.

Our focus is on consistent, long-term SEND support, giving you the opportunity to properly get to know the pupils you work with and become a valued part of their school team.

Temp-to-perm opportunities are available.

SEND Inclusion Support is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment and safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check, right to work verification, references and any other checks relevant to the role and setting.

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