Job Description:

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a genuine difference in the lives of children and young people?

We are looking for caring, enthusiastic, and motivated individuals to join a specialist education setting that supports children and young people with a range of needs.

No previous school-based experience is required. We welcome applications from individuals who are passionate about supporting others, whether through personal experience, voluntary work, caring responsibilities, youth work, sports coaching, childcare, or simply a genuine desire to help young people achieve their full potential.

As a Learning Support Assistant, you will work alongside teachers, therapists, and other professionals to support pupils throughout their school day. Every day is different, and you'll play a key role in helping students develop academically, socially, emotionally, and personally.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Supporting students during lessons and learning activities.
• Encouraging communication, interaction, and independence.
• Assisting with personal care and mobility where required.
• Helping pupils participate in sensory, therapeutic, and life-skills activities.
• Building positive relationships with students and supporting their wellbeing.
• Celebrating achievements and helping every student reach their individual goals.
• Supporting students during educational visits, enrichment activities, and community-based learning.

You do not need previous SEN experience to be successful in this role. We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who:

• Are compassionate, patient, and resilient.
• Have a positive attitude and are willing to learn.
• Enjoy working with children and young people.
• Have personal experience supporting a family member or friend with additional needs.
• Have backgrounds in care, youth work, sports coaching, childcare or community support.
• Are considering a future career in teaching, psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, social work, nursing, or healthcare.
• Want to make a meaningful difference every day.

• Access to free, ongoing CPD training and development opportunities, helping you build valuable skills and specialist SEN knowledge from day one.
• A supportive and experienced consultant to advise and help
• Opportunities to gain specialist SEN knowledge and experience.
• Career progression opportunities within education and care.
• The chance to work in a highly rewarding role where no two days are the same.
• Experience working alongside experienced teachers, therapists, and healthcare professionals.

If you're compassionate, eager to learn, and passionate about helping children and young people overcome barriers to learning and achieve their potential, we'd love to hear from you.

This is an excellent opportunity for graduates, career changers, college leavers, and individuals with personal experience of additional needs who are looking to start a rewarding career in special education.

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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