HRGO Education are looking for Learning Support Assistants to start work immediately with children aged 4 - 16. This role will see you working in a specialist provision in an Special Needs school with the goal of helping these young students with complex social, emotional & behaviour needs receive the best standard of education possible.

This job is incredibly rewarding as you will be personally preparing and supporting the children to be re-introduced back into mainstream schools, making a massive impact to their later life with many more educational opportunities and influencing their confidence in social scenarios.

As a learning support assistant/teaching assistant you'll work on a group or one-to-one basis with students. This job typically involves supporting students who struggle with behaviour management, or complex special needs. Typically, these students in this setting can be physically and verbally abusive.

Do you want to help young people with challenging behaviours broaden their life choices and develop to achieve their best potential?

If you do, we can help you build your career in the education sector for pupils with challenging behaviours and we want you to work with us to help make a change to student's lives and families!

Your job role will include:

• Working with school staff to select students for mentoring
• Discussing the aims of mentoring with pupils
• Providing support for pupils with SEN in class or 1:1 situation
• Building good relationships/rapport with the students
• Facilitating small group activities
• Helping pupils to increase their confidence and self-esteem by listening to them and devising appropriate strategies.
• Understanding the needs of the students and the support that can be given