Learning Support Assistant

Senploy; West Kirby; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Senploy in Liverpool is seeking a proactive Learning Support Teaching Assistant to work with pupils requiring additional guidance. This full-time, long-term role offers an immediate start and a chance to contribute to inclusive education within a supportive school environment.

You'll provide one-to-one and small-group support, adapt activities to different learning styles, and help develop literacy, numeracy and confidence.

Job description

Learning Support Teaching Assistant - Helping Every Child Find Their Strengths

Location: Liverpool, Merseyside

Contract: Full-Time | Long-Term

Start Date: ASAP

Every Child Has Strengths. Sometimes They Just Need Someone to Help Discover Them.

One pupil might struggle with reading but have an incredible imagination.

Another might find it difficult to concentrate in lessons but excel when learning through practical activities.

Some children may lack confidence, struggle to communicate their ideas or become frustrated when they cannot keep up with their classmates.

Every child has something they can succeed at. The challenge is finding the right way to help them get there.

We're recruiting a dedicated and enthusiastic Learning Support Teaching Assistant to join a supportive educational setting in Liverpool, working with pupils who require additional guidance to access learning, develop independence and recognise their own abilities.

This is a full-time, long-term opportunity with an immediate start, ideal for someone who enjoys working closely with children and wants to make a meaningful contribution to their education.

Helping Children Discover What Works for Them

No two pupils learn in exactly the same way.

Some need information explained differently. Others benefit from additional time, visual resources, practical activities or encouragement to attempt something independently.

You'll work alongside classroom teachers to identify these barriers and provide the support pupils need to participate confidently in school life.

The children you support may experience:

• Autism (ASC) - requiring adapted communication, structured routines or sensory considerations.
• Autism (ASC) - requiring adapted communication, structured routines or sensory considerations.
• ADHD - affecting concentration, organisation, impulse control and engagement.
• ADHD - affecting concentration, organisation, impulse control and engagement.
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs - including anxiety, low confidence and emotional regulation difficulties.
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs - including anxiety, low confidence and emotional regulation difficulties.
• Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) - making it difficult to understand instructions or express ideas.
• Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) - making it difficult to understand instructions or express ideas.
• Moderate Learning Difficulties - requiring additional explanation, repetition and adapted learning activities.
• Moderate Learning Difficulties - requiring additional explanation, repetition and adapted learning activities.
• Social and Emotional Challenges - affecting relationships, classroom participation and independence.
• Social and Emotional Challenges - affecting relationships, classroom participation and independence.

Your role will be to recognise individual strengths while helping pupils develop the skills they find more challenging.

What Will Your School Day Involve?

You'll provide practical classroom support while encouraging pupils to become increasingly confident and independent.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering one-to-one and small-group learning support.
• Delivering one-to-one and small-group learning support.
• Helping pupils understand instructions and complete classroom tasks.
• Helping pupils understand instructions and complete classroom tasks.
• Adapting activities to suit different learning styles and abilities.
• Adapting activities to suit different learning styles and abilities.
• Supporting literacy, numeracy and essential communication skills.
• Supporting literacy, numeracy and essential communication skills.
• Breaking complex tasks into smaller, achievable steps.
• Breaking complex tasks into smaller, achievable steps.
• Encouraging pupils to participate in lessons and group activities.
• Encouraging pupils to participate in lessons and group activities.
• Helping children develop concentration, organisation and problem-solving skills.
• Helping children develop concentration, organisation and problem-solving skills.
• Supporting pupils with SEND and individual learning plans.
• Supporting pupils with SEND and individual learning plans.
• Encouraging positive behaviour and emotional regulation.
• Encouraging positive behaviour and emotional regulation.
• Using visual resources, practical activities and structured routines.
• Using visual resources, practical activities and structured routines.
• Helping pupils develop social skills and positive relationships.
• Helping pupils develop social skills and positive relationships.
• Supporting children who experience anxiety or low confidence.
• Supporting children who experience anxiety or low confidence.
• Monitoring progress and sharing observations with teaching staff.
• Monitoring progress and sharing observations with teaching staff.
• Promoting independence rather than unnecessary reliance on adult support.
• Promoting independence rather than unnecessary reliance on adult support.
• Creating a positive, inclusive environment where every pupil feels valued.
• Creating a positive, inclusive environment where every pupil feels valued.

Small Discoveries Can Lead to Big Achievements

Imagine supporting a pupil who has always believed they are bad at maths.

Instead of repeating the same instructions, you introduce practical resources and break the activity into manageable stages.

For the first time, they understand the task.

The next day, they attempt something similar without waiting for help.

A few weeks later, they're volunteering an answer in class.

That's the impact effective learning support can have.

It's not about completing the work for a child. It's about helping them discover strategies, develop confidence and recognise what they're capable of achieving.

Could Your Experience Make a Difference?

We're interested in hearing from people who have experience supporting children, young people or individuals with additional needs.

You may have previously worked as a:

• Teaching Assistant or Learning Support Assistant.
• Teaching Assistant or Learning Support Assistant.
• SEND Teaching Assistant.
• SEND Teaching Assistant.
• One-to-One Support Assistant.
• One-to-One Support Assistant.
• Behaviour Mentor or Pastoral Support Assistant.
• Behaviour Mentor or Pastoral Support Assistant.
• Early Years Practitioner.
• Early Years Practitioner.
• Children's Support Worker.
• Children's Support Worker.
• Youth Worker or Community Support Worker.
• Youth Worker or Community Support Worker.
• Sports Coach or Learning Mentor.
• Sports Coach or Learning Mentor.

We also welcome applications from psychology graduates, education graduates and individuals considering teacher training who have relevant experience and a genuine interest in supporting children.

Experience with SEND, learning difficulties, autism, ADHD or SEMH needs would be particularly beneficial.

The Qualities We're Looking For

You'll need to be someone who:

• Enjoys helping children develop new skills and confidence.
• Enjoys helping children develop new skills and confidence.
• Understands that pupils learn at different speeds and in different ways.
• Understands that pupils learn at different speeds and in different ways.
• Can explain information clearly and adapt their communication.
• Can explain information clearly and adapt their communication.
• Is patient, encouraging and emotionally resilient.
• Is patient, encouraging and emotionally resilient.
• Can build positive relationships with children and colleagues.
• Can build positive relationships with children and colleagues.
• Recognises the importance of celebrating individual progress.
• Recognises the importance of celebrating individual progress.
• Can remain calm and supportive during challenging situations.
• Can remain calm and supportive during challenging situations.
• Is reliable, adaptable and willing to learn.
• Is reliable, adaptable and willing to learn.
• Works effectively alongside teachers and specialist professionals.
• Works effectively alongside teachers and specialist professionals.
• Has a strong commitment to safeguarding and pupil wellbeing.
• Has a strong commitment to safeguarding and pupil wellbeing.

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

Build Valuable Experience Along the Way

This opportunity isn't just about supporting pupils today. It's also a chance to develop your own skills and understanding of education.

You'll gain practical experience in:

• Supporting children with different learning needs.
• Supporting children with different learning needs.
• Adapting teaching and communication approaches.
• Adapting teaching and communication approaches.
• Delivering targeted learning interventions.
• Delivering targeted learning interventions.
• Understanding SEND provision and individual support plans.
• Understanding SEND provision and individual support plans.
• Supporting behaviour, emotional wellbeing and classroom engagement.
• Supporting behaviour, emotional wellbeing and classroom engagement.
• Working collaboratively with experienced education professionals.
• Working collaboratively with experienced education professionals.
• Encouraging independence and monitoring pupil progress.
• Encouraging independence and monitoring pupil progress.

These skills can provide a valuable foundation for future opportunities in SEND support, HLTA roles, pastoral care, behaviour mentoring, specialist education or teaching, subject to any relevant qualifications.

What This Opportunity Offers

• Full-time, long-term employment in Liverpool.
• Full-time, long-term employment in Liverpool.
• Immediate start for the successful candidate.
• Immediate start for the successful candidate.
• Valuable classroom and SEND experience.
• Valuable classroom and SEND experience.
• Opportunities to develop specialist learning-support skills.
• Opportunities to develop specialist learning-support skills.
• Experience working alongside teachers and education professionals.
• Experience working alongside teachers and education professionals.
• A rewarding opportunity to support children's academic and personal development.
• A rewarding opportunity to support children's academic and personal development.
• Practical experience that could support your future career progression.
• Practical experience that could support your future career progression.

Help Children See Their Own Potential

A child doesn't always need someone to tell them the answer.

Sometimes they need someone who will explain things differently, encourage them to keep trying and remind them that making mistakes is part of learning.

As a Learning Support Teaching Assistant, you'll help children discover their strengths, overcome learning barriers and develop the confidence to achieve more independently.

If you're looking for a rewarding, full-time Learning Support Teaching Assistant position in Liverpool and can start ASAP, we'd love to hear from you.