PMLD Teaching Assistant
Sense Education are looking for a truly caring and compassionate PMLD Teaching Assistant to join a specialist school in Bury, supporting pupils with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties.
This is a role for someone who understands that being a Teaching Assistant is about so much more than helping with learning. It’s about seeing the child first, protecting their dignity, celebrating their individuality and making sure they experience joy, connection and achievement every single day.
About the role
You’ll be supporting children with complex and significant needs, helping them to feel safe, valued and understood throughout the school day. Your role could include sensory activities, supporting communication and interaction, encouraging independence, assisting with personal care and simply being a familiar, reassuring presence.
The little moments matter – a smile, a new sound, a moment of engagement or a child making a choice independently. You’ll be someone who notices and celebrates these achievements, helping pupils explore and develop at their own pace in a nurturing environment.
The person we’re looking for
You may already have experience working with PMLD, complex needs or within a specialist setting, but we’re also interested in people who have relevant experience in care, support work or other environments where patience, compassion and dignity have been essential.
Most importantly, you’ll be someone who:
· Has a genuinely caring and nurturing nature
· Believes every child deserves dignity, respect and kindness
· Is passionate about helping children experience joy and fulfilment
· Understands that progress can look different for every child
· Enjoys sensory, creative and play-based activities
· Is reliable, warm and emotionally resilient
Qualifications & Requirements
· Minimum qualifications required – A recognized Teaching Assistant qualification or a background in education or care (NVQ, CACHE, Degree or equivalent)
· Experience supporting children with SEND
· Passionate working with young children or adults with disabilities
Location – Bury
Role Type: Full Time/Part Time/ Temp – Perm
Pay Rate: £14.60 - £16.90 per hour
Working Hours
Monday – Friday
8.30am – 3.30pm
Term – time only
If you’re the kind of person who celebrates the small things, finds joy in seeing a child light up and believes that every pupil should be treated with the same dignity and respect as anyone else, this could be a very special role for you.
Safeguarding children is an integral part of what we do and we have a stringent safer recruitment process. We undertake checks on all the candidates we work with. As such we require a current Enhanced DBS Disclosure for everyone working in Schools. If you do not have a subscription to the DBS Update Service, you may be required to complete a new DBS application as part of the registration process. If you take a temporary role with Sense Education you will be paid on a weekly basis. All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position but long term. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Pay: £14.60-£16.90 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
