Learning Support Assistants

Overview

In this role you support pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs, building trusting relationships to help them feel safe and ready to learn. You adapt your approach to individual needs and collaborate with teachers to deliver engaging sessions. You promote positive behaviour through empathy and clear boundaries, and you help students regulate their emotions and celebrate small achievements. This role offers specialist training and the chance to make a meaningful impact in a specialist education setting.

Pay / Benefits

• Weekly PAYE pay
• Free online CPD Academy
• Dedicated consultant
• Opportunities across mainstream, SEND and alternative settings
• Streamlined registration and local bookings
• Referral scheme, earn rewards for recommending friends

Responsibilities

• Support students with SEMH needs throughout the school day
• Build positive, trusting relationships to help pupils feel safe and valued
• Adapt approaches to meet individual needs
• Collaborate with teachers to deliver engaging lessons and provide personalised support
• Encourage positive behaviour through consistency, empathy, and boundaries
• Support emotional regulation and acknowledge student achievements

Key requirements

• Experience working with children or young people, ideally in SEMH, SEND, youth work, residential care, sports coaching or mentoring
• Patient, resilient and able to stay calm in challenging situations
• Ability to build positive relationships while maintaining professional boundaries
• Understands that behaviour is communication and responds with empathy
• Flexible, proactive and confident in changing daily circumstances
• Genuine passion for helping young people overcome barriers and reach their potential

• Patience
• Resilience
• Adaptability
• Empathy
• Relationship-building
• Calm under pressure

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