Learning Support Assistant – Graduate Assistant Maidenhead
Learning Support Assistant – Graduate Assistant Maidenhead
Start Date: January 2026
Pay: £101.40 per day
Hours: Monday–Friday, Term Time Only
Learning Support Assistant – Graduate Assistant Maidenhead – Education and Training – Learning Support Assistant – Graduate Assistant Maidenhead
Are you a graduate hoping to build a future career in Psychology? This Learning Support Assistant role in Maidenhead offers some of the most valuable, hands-on experience you can gain before progressing into Assistant Psychologist positions or postgraduate training.
In this specialist setting, you will work closely with autistic pupils, non-verbal children, and young people with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD). This exposure provides exceptional insight into neurodiversity, communication challenges, behaviour, emotional development, and the therapeutic approaches used to support complex needs.
Learning Support Assistant – Graduate Assistant Maidenhead – Education and Training – Learning Support Assistant – Graduate Assistant Maidenhead
Why this LSA role will help you build a future in Psychology:
1. Work directly with non-verbal and minimally verbal children: You’ll learn how to interpret behaviour as communication, use AAC tools (PECs, visuals, symbols) and understand how communication differences affect emotional wellbeing—essential grounding for anyone entering psychology.
2. Deep understanding of autism and PMLD: Supporting students with varied sensory, cognitive, and emotional profiles gives you first-hand experience with the populations many psychologists work with.
3. Application of psychological principles: You will actively use concepts from behaviour analysis, attachment theory, emotional regulation, and developmental psychology every day.
4. Multidisciplinary experience: Collaborating with Speech & Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Behaviour Specialists, and Educational Psychologists gives you professional insight into assessment, therapy delivery, and multi-agency practice.
5. Highly valued by postgraduate psychology programmes: Clinical, Educational, Forensic, and Child Psychology courses actively look for applicants with experience supporting vulnerable young people and understanding behaviour.
6. Development of core psychological skills: Observation, rapport-building, reflective practice, safeguarding, communication strategies, and documentation – all highly transferable to future clinical roles.
What your role will involve:
7. Supporting autistic and PMLD pupils through lessons, therapy activities, and structured routines.
8. Assisting non-verbal students using AAC, sensory tools, and visual communication systems.
9. Helping implement personalised behaviour and communication plans.
10. Promoting emotional regulation, independence, and positive learning experiences.
11. Contributing to a calm, supportive, and structured environment.
Whether you are aiming for a career in Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology, Speech & Language Therapy, mental health, or behaviour support, this role offers the essential early-career foundation you need.
Start your journey toward a future in Psychology – apply today.
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