LSA/TA/Care Assistant/SEND Support Worker/Youth Worker

Protocol Education Ltd; Witham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational recruitment agency is seeking an Entry Level Learning Support Assistant in Witham, dedicated to supporting children and vulnerable adults with special needs. This is a long-term, full-time position requiring availability Monday through Friday, and no prior experience is necessary. A positive attitude and passion for helping these students is crucial. Candidates will be trained and must pass safeguarding checks, promoting a safe educational environment.

Benefits

FREE online safeguarding training

Potential for permanent position

Qualifications

• No prior experience necessary; passion for supporting children with special needs is essential.
• Candidates must be available 5 days a week from 8:30am to 3:30pm.
• All applicants are required to have appropriate qualifications and training for the role.

Responsibilities

• Assist students with a variety of special needs in their educational journey.
• Inspire and motivate pupils to achieve their best.
• Build strong relationships and rapport with individual children.

Skills

Passion for working with children

Ability to build relationships

Positive attitude towards learning

Job description

✨Entry Level LSA/TA/Care Assistant/SEND Support Worker- Required now!✨

Are you?

• Do you want to make a difference?
• Are you passionate about working with children or vulnerable adults with special needs?
• Do you have a social care background?
• Or even had personal experience supporting SEND?

Protocol Education are looking to recruit a learning support assistant / teaching assistant to join a SEND provision in Witham.

The students that attend the schools have a variety of special needs, including ASD / SEMH / MLD / SLD / PMLD or have been identified as having a statement of an educational need. Therefore, a desire to assist in this area is required, but no experience is necessary!

All staff work to inspire, motivate, challenge and support each pupil, no matter what their individual needs may be. A friendly and positive approach to teaching and learning, as well as the ability to quickly build up strong relationships and rapport with individual children is important.

This is a long-term, full-time position so we are looking for candidates to be available 5 days a week between the hours of 8:30am-15:30pm.

If you have a real passion for supporting children with special needs and think this role sounds right for you then please apply now!

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details. All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position, and the option to make this role permanent may become available later.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Save in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants. We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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