Specialist Teaching Learning Assistant

Job Description:

Specialist Teaching Learning Assistant | Leicestershire (LE8) | £100 - £120 per day | Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 3:30pm (term time only) |Start Date: Asap | Long-term to permanent

About the Role
Long Term Futures is recruiting a Specialist Teaching Learning Assistant to join a small, specialist SEMH school in the LE8 area. The school supports pupils who have found mainstream education challenging, offering a highly structured and nurturing environment with very small class sizes and excellent staff-to-pupil ratios.
Pupils follow a blended curriculum that combines academic learning with outdoor activities and therapeutic or wellbeing-focused sessions. The school's approach is calm, consistent and relationship-led, with a strong emphasis on clear routines and personalised support.

What You'll Be Doing

• Providing 1:1 and small-group support for pupils with SEMH needs
• Supporting emotional regulation, routines and positive behaviour strategies
• Assisting learning across classroom-based, outdoor and practical activities
• Building consistent, trusting relationships with pupils
• Following individual support plans and contributing to progress tracking
• Encouraging confidence, resilience, independence and engagement

What We're Looking For

• Experience supporting children or young people (education, care, youth work, mentoring, coaching or similar)
• Confidence managing behaviour in a calm, supportive and consistent manner
• A patient, resilient and adaptable approach
• Applicants from sports coaching or mentoring backgrounds are strongly encouraged
• Candidates must be fully compliant, including a DBS on the update system and two professional references

Why Apply

• Long-term opportunity with a clear pathway to a permanent role
• Small, supportive setting with a positive staff culture
• Ongoing training and development in SEMH and behaviour support
• Trial days available to experience the setting before committing

Apply Today
Trial days and interviews are being arranged immediately.
Apply today through Long Term Futures or contact Jimmy directly to find out more.
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