PMLD Teaching Assistant - SEND Specialist School
PMLD Teaching Assistant – Specialist SEND School
Location: Greenwich
Bring Your Care Experience into the Classroom
If you’ve worked in Health and Social Care and want to use your compassion, patience, and people skills to support children and young people with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) — this could be your perfect next step.
We’re working with a welcoming specialist SEND school that provides education and care for pupils with complex needs. They’re looking for a calm, nurturing Teaching Assistant who understands the importance of dignity, consistency, and connection in every interaction.
This is a role where the smallest moments make the biggest difference — a smile, a breakthrough, or a new skill mastered after weeks of support.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Supporting pupils with physical, sensory, and communication needs
- Assisting with personal care and therapy-based activities (with full training provided)
- Helping to create engaging, sensory-based learning experiences
- Working alongside teachers, therapists, and medical staff to provide holistic care
- Encouraging independence and celebrating every achievement — big or small
What We’re Looking For
- Experience in Health and Social Care , Care Support , or Nursing
- Empathy, patience, and a genuine passion for helping others
- A calm, positive presence and good sense of humour
- Willingness to provide personal care and follow individual care plans
- An understanding of safeguarding and professional boundaries
If you’ve worked in care homes, residential settings, or support roles and want a rewarding change of environment — your experience is highly valued here.
Why Join Protocol Education?
- Weekly pay through PAYE (no umbrella companies)
- FREE access to our online CPD Academy
- Personalised support from your local consultant
- Opportunities to complete Thrive and SEND-specific training
- Long-term placements with schools that genuinely appreciate support staff
Apply Today
Ready to bring your care skills into education? Apply now or contact your local Protocol Education branch — we’ll help you find a role that’s as rewarding as it is meaningful.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date. Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website.
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