About the role
Learning Support Assistant:
Cranbrook
£88 - £110 per day
September 2025 – Ongoing
Are you a passionate, patient, and resilient individual who thrives on making a difference in the lives of young people? Vision for Education is working in partnership with an Independent special educational needs (SEN) school in Cranbrook who are looking to appoint a dedicated Learning Support Assistant (LSA) to join their team.
About the Role:
As an LSA, you will play a vital role in supporting students with a range of needs including autism, ADHD, speech and language difficulties, and social, emotional, and mental health challenges. You’ll work closely with class teachers and other support staff to provide tailored assistance that helps every child thrive in their learning environment.
Responsibilities:
1. Provide one-to-one and small group support for pupils with SEN
2. Assist with the planning and delivery of differentiated learning activities
3. Help create a safe, positive, and inclusive classroom environment
4. Promote emotional wellbeing and encourage independence
5. Support with personal care where required (training will be provided)
The Ideal Candidate:
6. Experience working with children with SEN (in a school or care setting)
7. A calm, compassionate, and adaptable approach
8. Excellent communication and teamwork skills
9. A genuine desire to help young people succeed
10. Relevant qualifications or willingness to undertake training
Why Work with Vision for Education?
11. Competitive daily pay and guaranteed pay scheme (where applicable)
12. FREE continuous professional development through our extensive training courses
13. Dedicated and supportive consultants who put you first
14. Opportunities for permanent roles and career progression
Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.
About Vision for Education
Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.
Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:
15. Have relevant experience of working with children, young people or vulnerable adults
What Vision for Education offer
As a valued employee of Vision for Education, you will receive:
16. Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
17. Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
18. Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
19. Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
20. FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
21. Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
22. Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.
Vision for Education do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.