Support Worker

Job description

PMLD & Complex Needs Teaching Assistant - Full Training Provided

Can't find your path in care or healthcare? Your next career could start here.

If you're working as a care assistant, healthcare support worker, nursery nurse, or in any hands-on support role and thinking about your next step, this could be it.

We're recruiting for a specialist SEND school that's actively looking to bring people from healthcare, care, nursery and support backgrounds into education - with full training and ongoing support.

The Role

You'll be supporting college-aged pupils with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) in a small, specialist classroom. This is real, hands-on work:

Supporting non-verbal pupils and wheelchair users
Communication, sensory and therapeutic activities
Personal care (feeding, moving and handling, toileting) - you'll be trained
Working alongside experienced teachers and therapists
Helping pupils with physical, emotional and social development
Creating a calm, safe, positive classroomYour Background Could Be Any of These

Care Assistant or Support Worker
Healthcare Assistant or Healthcare Support Worker
Nursery Nurse or Nursery Practitioner
Rehabilitation Worker or Residential Support Worker
Personal Care Assistant
SEN Support Worker
Any role where you've supported people with complex or physical needsWhat Makes This Different

No school experience needed - full training provided
Your care/healthcare skills transfer directly - you already understand personal care, moving and handling, communicating with people who need support
Term-time only - school hours, school holidays off
12-week temp-to-perm - a real pathway to permanent work
High staff-to-pupil ratio - you're supported by experienced staff
Proper specialist training - PMLD, complex SEND, moving and handling, feeding, communication support
Structured career progression - this can lead somewhere; many people use this as a steppingstone into teaching, SEND specialism, or other education rolesThe Details

Pay: £14.86 p/h
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:45am-4:00pm (5:00pm Tuesdays)
Contract: Full-time, term time only plus inset days
Start: ASAP - trial days imminent (following compliance)
Location: Burgess Hill (easy commute from across West Sussex and Surrey)What's Next?

If you're in care, healthcare, nursery or support work and wondering if education could be your next move, th...

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Burgess Hill

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

22-10-2026

Profession type

Counselling and Social Services

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English