Empowering Complex Needs Learning Support Assistant

Morgan Hunt UK Limited; Middlesex (NJ); On-site; USD 33,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing support

Employee benefits

Career progression

Professional development

Job summary

Morgan Hunt UK Limited is seeking a dedicated Complex Needs Learning Support Assistant to support learners with SEND, including PMLD and autism, in North London. The role involves educational and personal care tasks at a full-time pace with a strong emphasis on safeguarding and well-being.

You will administer medications, support PEG feeding, and work closely with teachers, therapists, and families to enable learning and independence.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children or young adults with SEND and complex needs.
• Proven experience delivering personal care.
• Training and practical experience in manual handling and the use of moving and handling equipment.
• Experience administering medication.
• Experience supporting learners with PEG feeding and complex medical needs.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work calmly and effectively in a challenging but rewarding environment.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting learner welfare.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one and small group support to learners with complex SEND needs.
• Support learners to access educational, vocational, sensory, and life-skills activities.
• Deliver personal care, including toileting, changing, feeding, dressing, and personal hygiene support.
• Administer medication in accordance with individual healthcare plans and organisational policies.
• Support learners requiring PEG feeding and other specialist medical interventions.
• Undertake manual handling duties, including the safe use of hoists, slings, wheelchairs, standing frames, and specialist equipment.
• Support learners with mobility, positioning, and physical disabilities.
• Work collaboratively with teachers, therapists, healthcare professionals, and families.
• Promote learner independence, communication, wellbeing, and inclusion.
• Maintain accurate records relating to learner support, medication, and care requirements.
• Follow safeguarding, health and safety, infection control, and risk management procedures at all times.

Skills

SEND experience

Personal care

Manual handling

Medication administration

PEG feeding support

Communication skills

Safeguarding

Calm under pressure

Education

Level 2/3 Supporting Teaching & Learning

Moving & Handling training

Medication Administration training

First Aid training

Safeguarding training

Tools

Makaton/PECS knowledge

Job description

Morgan Hunt UK Limited is seeking a dedicated Complex Needs Learning Support Assistant to support learners with SEND, including PMLD and autism, in North London. The role involves educational and personal care tasks at a full-time pace with a strong emphasis on safeguarding and well-being.

You will administer medications, support PEG feeding, and work closely with teachers, therapists, and families to enable learning and independence.