Teaching Assistant
Croydon £450 - 480 per week + CPD and PAYE (NO UMBRELLA) Supply Teaching 311025093 Posted 2 weeks ago
Role: Full-time|Term‑time only
Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of young people with complex needs?
Our SEN school, specialising in Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD), is seeking a dedicated and compassionate SEN Teaching Assistant to join our exceptional team.
We are a supportive, nurturing, and inclusive specialist setting that caters for pupils with PMLD and a wide range of additional needs, including physical disabilities, sensory impairments, complex medical needs, and communication challenges. Our team is committed to providing a highly personalised curriculum that enables every pupil to thrive, learn, and experience joy every day.
As a PMLD Teaching Assistant, you will:
- Provide high‑quality support to students with complex physical, learning, and sensory needs
- Assist with implementing personalised learning plans and multi‑sensory activities
- Support students with communication systems such as PECS.
- Help with personal care routines, including feeding and toileting (full training provided)
- Work collaboratively with teachers, therapists, and specialist support staff
- Create a safe, calm, and encouraging learning environment
- Build warm and trusting relationships with pupils, showing patience, empathy, and resilience
We welcome candidates from a range of backgrounds. Experience with PMLD is beneficial but not essential, attitude, compassion, and willingness to learn are what matter most.
You will ideally have:
- Experience in SEN or care settings (desired but not required), personal experience is a plus.
- A nurturing, calm, and patient approach
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Confidence supporting pupils with medical and personal care needs
- A genuine commitment to improving outcomes for vulnerable young people
What we offer:
- A friendly, supportive and experienced consultant
- Opportunities for CPD and career progression
- A role where every day makes a real difference
- A highly rewarding environment with a focus on wellbeing and teamwork
If you are enthusiastic, compassionate, and ready to make an impact, we would love to hear from you.
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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