Specialist Teaching Assistant – PMLD
Specialist Teaching Assistant – PMLD
Location: Slough
Contract: Full-time
Salary: MPS / UPS
Start Date: October 2026
Application Closing Date: 5th October 2026
About the Role
Are you a caring, patient, and dedicated Specialist Teaching Assistant looking for your next opportunity? We are seeking a committed Specialist Teaching Assistant to join a welcoming and supportive school, where you’ll play a key role in supporting students with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD). This is a fantastic opportunity for someone passionate about supporting children and young people with complex needs to develop their communication, independence, learning, and wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities
- Support teachers in planning and delivering engaging, inclusive, and personalised learning activities.
- Provide one-to-one and small group support to students with PMLD and complex additional needs.
- Support students to access learning through sensory, communication, physical, and practical activities.
- Assist students with developing communication, interaction, independence, and social skills.
- Support students with personal care, feeding, toileting, mobility, and other individual needs where required.
- Use appropriate communication approaches, including visual supports, objects of reference, signs, symbols, and AAC where appropriate.
- Support students with sensory processing needs and help create a calm, safe, and stimulating learning environment.
- Encourage students to develop confidence, independence, and positive relationships with others.
- Follow individual education, healthcare, therapy, and behaviour plans as directed by relevant professionals.
- Monitor and provide feedback on students’ progress, behaviour, communication, engagement, and wellbeing.
Requirements
- Encourage students to make choices, participate in activities, and develop greater independence.
- Monitor and provide feedback on students’ progress, behaviour, communication, engagement, and wellbeing.
- Work collaboratively with teachers, SENCOs, therapists, healthcare professionals, parents, carers, and the wider school team.
- Support students during break times, lunchtimes, trips, community activities, and other school activities where required.
- Assist with classroom preparation, specialist resources, equipment, displays, and learning activities.
- Follow appropriate moving and handling, health and safety, and personal care procedures at all times.
- Promote dignity, inclusion, independence, and positive relationships throughout the school day.
- Ensure safeguarding policies and procedures are followed at all times.
Why Apply?
- Full-time opportunity within a welcoming and inclusive school.
- A rewarding role supporting pupils’ educational experience.
- Access to training and professional development opportunities.
- Refer a Friend scheme – earn up to £150 collectively.
How to Apply
For more information or to apply, please contact Saba on 01494 840 527, or apply below.
Supply Desk is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, and must be willing to comply with all safeguarding requirements.
Supply Desk is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS, including a children’s barred list check and, where applicable, a vulnerable adults barred list check, is required for all successful candidates.
To be considered for the role and the rates advertised, you must meet the minimum experience, training or qualifications stated and have the legal right to work in the UK. To be considered for a higher rate, in addition to meeting the minimum criteria, you must be able to demonstrate additional experience, training, and if applicable, qualifications. This role complies with AWR (2010) regulations protecting agency workers’ rights. Please note that this job expires after 90 days-you can, however, still apply to be considered for similar roles.