Job Description

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 Lambeth
• 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.

Skills Required