Job description
Role: 1:1 Learning Support Assistant
Location: Sawbridgeworth
Pay Rate: £–£110 per day
Start Date: September 2025
Contract: Full-Time
Dedicated 1:1 Learning Support – Sawbridgeworth
GSL Education is seeking 1:1 Learning Support Assistants to work with a non-verbal Year 1 pupil in schools based in Sawbridgeworth. This is a full-time position requiring strong communication, consistency, and a nurturing approach.
Core Responsibilities:
• Supporting a non-verbal child with autism in a 1:1 capacity throughout the school day
• Assisting with communication strategies and sensory regulation
• Implementing behaviour support plans and visual aids
• Working closely with teaching staff and speech/language professionals
• Creating a structured, secure learning environment
Ideal Candidate Will Have:
• Experience working with non-verbal children or those with complex SEN
• A patient, calm, and resilient approach
• Understanding of early years and communication-based support tools
• Enhanced DBS on the Update Service (or willingness to apply through GSL Education)
Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection and that successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks; including providing an enhanced DBS certificate registered on the update service, or completing an application for a new check.
For more information or to register your interest in the 1:1 Learning Support Assistant role, or to be considered, please click ‘apply now’ to submit your full and up-to-date CV, and one of our dedicated consultants will be in touch.