SEND Learning Support Assistant

Protocol Education Limited; Frenchay; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Protocol Education Limited is seeking SEND Learning Support Assistants to work with primary-aged children across Downend, Emersons Green, Frenchay and surrounding areas. Positions include 1:1, small-group and classroom-based SEND support with both long-term and flexible arrangements.

You would help children access learning at their own pace and develop social and communication skills, building confidence and independence while supporting transitions and routines.

Qualifications

• Experience in SEND, education, care, behaviour support, youth work or mentoring is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Help children access learning at their own pace.
• Support development of communication and social skills.
• Build confidence and independence in learners.
• Assist with transitions and changes in routine to minimise disruption.
• Support development of emotional regulation strategies.
• Help children feel safe and understood at school.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Adaptability

Job description

Sometimes the right adult can completely change a child's experience of school.

We are looking for SEND Learning Support Assistants to work with primary-aged children across Downend, Emersons Green, Frenchay and surrounding areas.

Opportunities include 1:1, small-group and classroom-based SEND support, with both long-term and flexible positions available.

You'll help children to:

• Access learning at their own pace
• Develop communication and social skills
• Build confidence and independence
• Manage transitions and changes in routine
• Develop emotional regulation strategies
• Feel safe and understood at school

You could be supporting children with a range of additional needs, so patience, consistency, empathy and adaptability are essential.

Experience within SEND, education, care, behaviour support, youth work or mentoring would be particularly valuable.

However, we're equally interested in people with transferable experience who understand that every child communicates differently and deserves the opportunity to succeed.

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. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

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 Safe 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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