Job Description
New Directions Education is seeking dedicated, full-time SEND Teaching Assistants to join a highly supportive specialist school in Warrington. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about supporting children with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) and who can bring compassion, commitment, and enthusiasm to this highly rewarding role.
About the School:
1. A specialist SEND setting supporting children with profound and multiple learning difficulties, complex medical needs, and significant communication challenges.
2. Highly skilled staff team and excellent facilities including sensory rooms, therapy spaces, and adapted learning environments.
3. A warm, inclusive school community where every child is nurtured, celebrated, and supported to achieve their full potential.
The Role:
4. Provide consistent, full-time support within a PMLD provision for pupils aged 4–11.
5. Work 1:1 and in small groups with children who require extensive support with communication, sensory learning, physical needs, and personal care.
6. Assist with structured routines, sensory-based activities, therapeutic programmes, and individual learning plans.
7. Support pupils with mobility, physiotherapy exercises (training provided), and the use of specialist equipment.
8. Help maintain a safe, calm, and nurturing learning environment where pupils feel secure and supported.
Who We’re Looking For:
9. Patient, resilient, and committed individuals with a genuine passion for working with children with complex needs.
10. Experience working with children or young people with SEND—particularly PMLD, complex needs, or physical and medical needs.
11. Experience from care, social care, the NHS, residential settings, education, or disability support roles is highly valued.
12. Comfortable providing personal care and physical support.
13. Able to commit to full-time hours from January.
14. Willing to complete an enhanced DBS check and provide references from the last 5 years.
What New Directions Education Ltd offers:
15. A dedicated and expert Account Manager
16. Regular and varied supply work
17. Competitive rates of pay
18. Potential long-term teaching roles
19. Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
20. A network of branches across the UK
21. Preferred supplier to more than 20 boroughs across the UK
22. Recommend-a-friend scheme
23. Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry
We are fully committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults. All applicants must undertake a full enhanced DBS check.
Please select Apply Now to enquire about this job vacancy with New Directions Education Ltd, Liverpool branch.
New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.