SEN Teaching Assistant - Complex Needs OR Personal Care

SEN Teaching Assistant – Complex Needs / Personal Care

Location: Manchester / Greater Manchester
Start Date: September
Contract: Full-Time, Long-Term
Rate: £95 – £115 per day, depending on experience

A Role Where Your Care Experience Can Make a Real Difference

Are you experienced in care, support work, residential care, personal care, or working with vulnerable children or adults?

A specialist SEN setting is looking for a compassionate and reliable SEN Teaching Assistant to support pupils with a range of complex needs. This role would suit someone who is naturally nurturing, calm under pressure, and confident supporting personal care and daily routines.

This is not just a classroom support role. You will be helping pupils feel safe, regulated, understood, and ready to access learning in a way that works for them.

About the Pupils

You may be supporting pupils with:

Autism Spectrum Condition
PMLD or SLD
Speech, Language and Communication Needs
Sensory processing needs
Physical disabilities or mobility needs
Complex medical or personal care requirements
Emotional regulation needs
Many pupils will have EHCPs and require a consistent adult who can support their learning, communication, personal development and independence.

About the Role

As a SEN Teaching Assistant, you will:

Provide 1:1 and small-group support
Assist with personal care, toileting, changing, feeding routines or mobility where required
Support pupils with communication using visuals, symbols, Makaton, PECS or AAC where appropriate
Help pupils regulate through calm routines, sensory strategies and reassurance
Support access to learning through practical, sensory and adapted activities
Work closely with teachers, therapists, SENCOs and support staff
Promote independence, dignity, confidence and emotional wellbeing

Who This Role Suits

This role would be ideal for someone from a background in:

Care work
Residential support
Mental health support
Youth work
SEN support
Personal care
Nursing assistance
Support work with children or adults with additional needs
School experience is helpful, but a strong care background can be just as valuable in this type of setting.

What We’re Looking For

Experience supporting children, young people or adults with additional needs
Confidence with personal care or willingness to support this as part of the role
A calm, patient and nurturing approach
Strong communication and teamwork skills
Resilience and emotional maturity
A genuine interest in supporting pupils with complex needs
An enhanced DBS on the Update Service, or willingness to apply for one

Why Apply?

Use your care skills in a rewarding education setting
Full-time, long-term stability
Supportive SEN team and structured environment
Opportunity to develop specialist SEND experience
Make a visible difference to pupils who need consistency, patience and care

Apply Now

If you are looking for a SEN Teaching Assistant job, personal care support role, or a way to move from care into education, this could be an excellent opportunity.

Contact Orien Mojdeh at GSL Education Manchester:

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Send your CV today for immediate consideration.

All applicants will require a fully enhanced DBS and two professional references covering the last two years
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed