SEND Teaching Assistants – PRU (Multiple Sites), Derby Location: Derby (multiple sites across the city) Contract Type: Temporary Start Date: January 2025 Pay Rate: £108.60 per day (dependent on experience and responsibilities) Qualifications – Essential: • CACHE Level 3 (or equivalent) • Minimum 6 months experience in a SEND, PRU, or alternative provision setting Qualifications – Desirable: • Experience supporting PRU pupils, including SEMH and behavioural needs • Experience with MLD and wider SEND profiles • Makaton, PECS, or other communication-based training • Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification (experience welcomed in place of formal qualifications) • Own transport preferred due to travel between multiple sites Experience: • At least 6 months’ experience supporting children and young people with challenging behaviour, SEMH, MLD, and additional SEND needs Overview: Education Personnel are proud to be working in partnership with a Derby-based Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) operating across multiple sites. The provision supports pupils who have been excluded or are at risk of exclusion from mainstream education, alongside learners with MLD and additional SEND needs. The PRU provides a structured, trauma-informed, and relationship-led environment, focusing on re-engagement, emotional regulation, behaviour support, and reintegration pathways. P...