Learning Support Assistants

Is your passion for supporting children and young people with additional needs focused on those with mental health disorders?

Tradewind SEND are recruiting Learning Support Assistants; we are looking for empathetic, passionate, and resilient people to work with a specialist service for children excluded from mainstream learning. This service needs Learning Support Assistant across all age groups working with a number of students who have complex mental health disorders and challenging behaviour profiles.

The young people you would work closely with will have a variety of needs. significant complex and co-morbid SEMH and ASC but additionally, all pupils have Speech, Language, and Communication Needs (SLCN).

Therapeutic Support Worker requirements:

• Experience of working with children or young people with complex SEMH as a primary diagnosis
• Experience of supporting emotional regulation and with positive behaviour/de-escalation strategies/co-regulation
• Ability to resolve conflicts by restorative practice
• Positive role model to support communication with a sensitive, nurturing, and consistent approach
• Experience of working with young people with Autism, ADHD, sensory processing difficulties and learning difficulties
• Or experience with SEMH, Trauma, Sensory processing, social communication
• Mentoring/teaching background
• Ability to build strong and meaningful relationships
• Experience of working with disengaged students is essential

What you can expect as Learning Support Assistant:

• £80 - £90 a day
• Excellent experience and training for aspiring Child Psychologists, Educational Psychologists, Clinical Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Counsellors, SEND Teachers, and Social Workers
• Opportunity to make a huge social impact
• Extensive training on offer!

For more information on the school location and role, please contact Raj at Tradewind today on (phone number removed) (option 3 for SEND) or email me on (url removed) and I will welcome your enquiries. Alternatively hit the apply button and we will contact you accordingly.