Role: Special Educational Needs Support Worker
Location: South Brent
Contract: Full time, permanent
Salary: £110 - £140 per day (term time only)
Are you passionate about supporting young people with additional needs? We’re working with a highly respected local charity that delivers outstanding care and education to children and young adults facing significant life challenges. They are now seeking a SEN Support Worker to join their close-knit, multidisciplinary team.
This is an incredibly rewarding opportunity for someone with a background in education, youth work, care or therapeutic settings. You’ll be working with individuals aged 15 - 25, supporting their emotional wellbeing, educational development and life skills in a safe and nurturing environment.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Building strong, therapeutic relationships with young people to reduce anxiety and create a sense of safety
- Collaborating with teachers and an in-house therapeutic team to deliver personalised support plans
- Plan, prepare and deliver tailored 1:1 education sessions, adapting learning to meet individual needs for post-16 students
- Supporting meaningful educational, vocational and independent living activities
- Helping young people build confidence, routine and essential life skills
- Work closely with therapists, teachers and SEN specialists to align learning with therapeutic goals
Ideal Candidate:
- Experience in SEN, care, youth work or therapeutic education (HLTA experience is beneficial)
- Experience in teaching or coaching, either on a 1:1 or small group basis
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- A compassionate, calm and proactive nature
- A desire to make a long-term impact on young people’s lives
Why Join This Organisation?
- A values-drive charity committed to positive change
- A supportive, family-style working culture
- Opportunities for professional development and career progression
- The chance to truly change lives every single day
If you’re ready to be part of something truly meaningful, we would love to hear from you! Apply today and start making a real difference.
Working with Long-term Teachers:
We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.
LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.
Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.
We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.
In addition you will receive:
- Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities
- Permanent job roles
- Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process
- Working to Agency Workers Regulations
- Interview preparation, advice and support
- Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay