SEND Teaching assistant

SEND Teaching Assistant - Walsall

Full‑Time Day‑to‑Day & Long‑Term Supply

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can genuinely change a child's life? We are recruiting passionate and resilient SEND Teaching Assistants to support pupils with a range of additional needs including Autism (ASC), ADHD, SEMH and Moderate Learning Difficulties across specialist and mainstream schools in Walsall.

• Care Worker
• Support Worker
• Residential Care Worker
• Learning Disability Support Worker
• Mental Health Support Worker
• Children's Residential Support Worker
• Sports Coach
• Football Coach
• Rugby Coach
• Boxing Coach
• Martial Arts Coach
• Community Sports Coach

Your transferable skills in behaviour management, communication, emotional regulation and building positive relationships are highly valued within SEND education.

• Supporting pupils on a 1:1 basis and in small groups.
• Encouraging engagement with learning.
• Managing challenging behaviour using positive strategies.
• Promoting emotional wellbeing and independence.
• Working closely with teachers and SEND professionals.
• Providing personal care where required.

• Experience working with vulnerable children or adults.
• A calm, patient and resilient approach.
• Excellent communication skills.
• The ability to build positive relationships.
• A genuine passion for supporting children with SEND.
• An Enhanced DBS on the Update Service, or willingness to obtain one.

• Competitive daily pay.
• Full‑time day‑to‑day and long‑term opportunities.
• Flexible working options.
• Dedicated consultant support.
• Opportunities to work across a variety of SEND settings.

Aspire People Limited provides services as an Education Agency and an Education Employment Business. Aspire People is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects every candidate to share this commitment. Placements are subject, to appropriate Child Protection screening, including checks with former employers and the Disclosure and Barring Checks.