Learning Support Worker

senploy; Calderdale; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education recruitment agency is seeking a Learning Support Assistant in Calderdale. This role involves working with students with special educational needs, including Autism and multiple learning disabilities. Candidates should have relevant experience and a compassionate approach. Full and part-time positions are available with induction training and competitive pay. Join us in supporting diverse educational needs and making a difference.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant support

Competitive daily pay

£100 referral-friend scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience with groups of children or young people with SEND needs.
• Attentive, empathetic, and patient attitude is required.

Responsibilities

• Attend to pupils' personal needs including health and hygiene.
• Support pupils with complex medical needs.
• Assist with personal care and communication difficulties.

Skills

Experience with SEND

Empathy

Patience

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a school in the Calderdale area. The role is for a Learning Support Assistant to work with students with special educational needs & disabilities (SEND). Previous experience with groups of children or young people with SEND needs including Autism (ASD), profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and other complex learning and medical needs is required. Starting immediately, there are full‑time and part‑time options available for this position.

Duties include:

• To attend to the pupils' personal needs, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters.
• Supporting pupils who may have complex medical needs and who may need emergency medical support.
• Supporting pupils who require additional support with communication and speech difficulties.
• Providing support to pupils who need assistance with personal care.
• Feeding pupils and assisting them with drinking.
• Supporting pupils who may need to be lifted and carried and/or transported in wheelchairs.

If you have the relevant transferable skills, and are an attentive, empathetic, and patient individual, then we would love to hear from you! We also offer full induction training and the Level 2 Team Teach certification, provided by our in‑house training team.

Provide Education is a leading education recruitment agency placing Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Cover Supervisors, HLTAs and Nursery Nurses into Schools and Nurseries across Yorkshire and the East Midlands.

Benefits include:

• Dedicated and specialist consultant committed to supporting you
• CCS Framework provider
• Competitive rates of daily pay
• £ 100 referral‑friend scheme

Provide Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all supply staff to share this commitment. As part of our recruitment process, we will undertake the necessary checks to complete your registration with us, inclusive of a video interview, current employment, academic or character references within the last 2 years, and a DBS check. Candidates must have an Enhanced DBS Certificate that is either on the Update Service or be willing to undergo the application process for this.

Operam Education Group includes Provide Education | Teachers UK | Provision Recruitment | The Education Specialists | First for Education | Horizon Teachers | Key Stage Teacher Supply.

We’re proud to be an inclusive employer, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds and committed to creating accessible opportunities across education.

As part of our registration process, you’ll need an enhanced DBS check and we’ll need to see and copy your original qualifications before any placement. Teaching roles require Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent.