SEND Support Worker - Specialist School | Wandsworth

Protocol Education Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Free safeguarding training

Public transport links

Professional development

Job summary

Protocol Education is actively recruiting Healthcare Assistants to join a specialist school in the London Borough of Wandsworth. You will support pupils with diverse needs in a caring, patient, and inclusive setting.

Role is full-time, Monday to Friday, year-long with potential extension. Opportunities to work across Early Years to Post-16, with ongoing training and development. DBS checks and safeguarding are required.

Qualifications

• Background in healthcare, care work, education or similar roles.
• Ability to support children with additional needs and work in SEND settings.
• Willingness to undergo safeguarding checks including DBS.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support to pupils with complex needs.
• Support students with visual and hearing impairments, autism and physical disabilities.
• Follow individual care plans to meet physical, emotional and development needs.
• Encourage communication and social interaction through sensory activities.
• Assist with creative lessons, outdoor learning and daily living skills.
• Collaborate with teachers and care staff to ensure a safe learning environment.

Skills

Compassion

Patience

Reliability

Education

Experience in healthcare/education settings

Job description

Protocol Education is currently recruiting Healthcare Assistants to join a state-of-the-art specialist school in the London Borough of Wandsworth, supporting children and young people with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities.

This welcoming and inclusive school provides education and specialist care for pupils across Early Years, Primary, Secondary and Post-16. Students have varying levels of additional needs, including visual and hearing impairments, autism, physical disabilities and complex learning needs.

We are looking for caring, patient and dedicated individuals who are passionate about supporting young people and making a positive difference to their education, independence and personal development.

Whether you have previous experience in healthcare, education or supporting individuals with additional needs, this is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive specialist school.

What Does the Role Involve?

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will work within small classes of approximately 6–8 pupils, providing individualised support to students with complex physical, sensory and learning needs.

Working alongside experienced teachers, therapists and support staff, you will help pupils access their education while promoting their confidence, communication and independence.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing one-to-one support to pupils with complex special educational needs.
• Supporting students with visual and hearing impairments, autism and physical disabilities.
• Following individual care plans to meet pupils' physical, emotional and developmental needs.
• Encouraging communication and social interaction through visual, tactile and sensory resources.
• Supporting sensory integration activities to develop pupils' awareness and engagement.
• Helping students develop cognitive skills, independence and everyday life skills.
• Assisting pupils during creative lessons, including music, art, dance and sensory activities.
• Supporting outdoor learning experiences, including activities in the school's sensory garden.
• Working closely with teaching and specialist care teams to provide a safe, positive and engaging learning environment.

The Opportunity

• Full-time position, Monday to Friday.
• Year-long placement with the possibility of an extension.
• Opportunities to work across Early Years, Primary, Secondary or Post-16.
• Small class sizes of approximately 6–8 pupils.
• Individualised support for students with complex needs.
• Opportunities to develop experience in specialist education and healthcare.
• Potential to work additional residential hours.
• Ongoing training and professional development.

Who Would Be Suitable?

We welcome applications from individuals with backgrounds in healthcare, care work, education or other roles involving supporting children and vulnerable individuals.

You may be a Healthcare Assistant, Support Worker, Teaching Assistant or someone looking to develop a career within special education.

The school is particularly interested in individuals who demonstrate compassion, patience, reliability and a genuine commitment to supporting young people with additional needs.

Why Work with Protocol Education?

Working with Protocol Education offers a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive rates of pay.
• Free training to support your professional development.
• Dedicated support from an experienced education recruitment consultant.
• PAYE payments with no umbrella companies.
• A supportive school environment with an experienced senior leadership team.
• Excellent public transport links.
• Long-term opportunities within specialist education.

Please note: As a recruitment agency, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship to overseas applicants.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role.

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.