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Graduate Teaching Assistant
Step into a role where your understanding, creativity, and ambition for futures in therapy or education will inspire and support children to thrive every day.
Summary
- Join a caring specialist school as a Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Ideal for recent graduates in:
- Social care, social work, or nursing
- Art, music, or speech and language therapy
- Those preparing for therapy-related master’s programmes
- Bring your compassion, creative insight, and therapeutic interest into an educational setting
- Support pupils with additional needs in a meaningful, impactful role
The Role
- Work as a classroom-based Graduate Teaching Assistant supporting pupils with complex learning needs
- Collaborate with experienced educators and therapists to deliver:
- Tailored learning support
- Communication strategies
- Creative, therapeutic-inspired activities
- Provide nurturing care and structure to promote engagement and emotional safety
- Use arts-based or expressive techniques to enhance pupil participation and well-being
- Build a strong foundation for future roles in therapy, music and wellbeing, or mental health support
The Ideal Person and Skills/Education Needed
- Degree holders in relevant subjects such as:
- Social care, social work, nursing
- Art, music, or speech and language therapy
- Those considering future study in:
- Therapy, music therapy, speech therapy, creative arts in education, or SEND-focused MA/MSc programmes
- Compassionate, adaptable and creative individuals who value inclusive education
- Experience with children or young people in:
- Care, arts, health, or therapeutic contexts is highly transferable and welcomed
The School
- Warm, inclusive specialist setting in Leeds
- Supports pupils with:
- Autism, complex learning challenges
- Speech and language delays, sensory impairments
- Emotional or medical needs
- Multi-talented staff team delivering a personalised, holistic curriculum
- Focus on pupil-centred progress and therapeutic engagement
Hours
- Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 3.30pm, term time only
- Both full-time and part-time applications welcome
The Benefits
- Competitive pay in a long-term, stable role
- Gain hands-on classroom and therapeutic experience
- Supportive, collaborative environment with ongoing learning opportunities
- Excellent platform for careers in education, therapy, or postgraduate study
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.
