About the role
SEND Teaching Assistant – Coleford– Full-Time
Are you passionate about supporting children with special educational needs? Do you want to make a meaningful impact every single day?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a SEND Teaching Assistant to join a welcoming and well-resourced Special Needs School in the Coleford area. This setting supports pupils aged 3 to 19 with a wide range of complex needs, including Autism (ASD), Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD), and Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD).
Whether you're an experienced teaching assistant or looking to take your first steps into a career in SEND education, this could be the perfect role for you.
What You’ll Be Doing:
1. Supporting children and young people with learning and physical disabilities in both 1:1 and small group settings
2. Assisting with personal care, feeding, and moving & handling, including using hoists and specialist equipment
3. Helping to deliver engaging lessons tailored to each student's individual learning plan
4. Promoting emotional wellbeing and social interaction, while encouraging independence
5. Adapting calmly and positively to changes in routine or behaviour
6. Building strong, trusting relationships with pupils, families, and staff
About the School:
7. A warm, inclusive environment where every pupil is valued and supported
8. Small class sizes with high staff-to-student ratios, ensuring personalised attention
9. A bespoke curriculum focused on life skills, independence, and preparation for adulthood
10. On-site access to therapy teams, sensory rooms, and multi-agency collaboration
11. Easily commutable from Cinderford, Mitcheldean, Coleford, Newent, and surrounding areas
What We’re Looking For:
12. Experience supporting children or young people with SEND (desirable but not essential)
13. Friendly, flexible, and patient personality
14. Understanding of or interest in ASD, SLD, PMLD
15. Confident assisting with personal care and physical support
16. Strong communication skills and a team player attitude
17. Own transport preferred due to school location
18. Willingness to undertake Moving & Handling and other relevant CPD training
19. A genuine passion for helping children with additional needs succeed
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
£445-£470 per week
Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:
20. Have a desire to work with children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
What Vision for Education offer
As a valued employee of Vision for Education, you will receive:
21. Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
22. Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
23. Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
24. Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
25. Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
26. 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.