Individual Needs Assistants

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide 1:1 support for a child with additional needs, including social, emotional, or behavioural challenges

• Support learning, encourage engagement and help manage daily routines

• Use clear boundaries and a nurturing approach to build trust

• Collaborate with teachers, SENCOs and support staff

• Adapt strategies to help the child access learning in a positive, inclusive way

 Ideal Skills & Experience:

• Calm, consistent and empathetic

• Strong behaviour management and communication skills

• Able to build positive, professional relationships with children

• Patience, resilience, and a sense of humour

Transferable Backgrounds Welcomed:

We welcome applicants with experience in:

• Youth work

• Care work

• Sports coaching

• Nurseries or early years

• Social care

• SEN support

• Residential or outreach roles

• Mental health support

• Physiology graduate 

  *Important Notice: To successfully apply for the above position, you should be eligible to work in the UK or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. Pink Tile is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. During the application process, you will be required to:

  • Provide details for us to complete reference checks before employment.
  • Provide an Enhanced DBS on the update service or be willing to obtain one (which Pink Tile can assist with). 

   

  Pink Tile Education, their schools and candidates all share the view of “Best Fit, Every Time” and our role is to ensure that every candidate we place has a positive impact on the team of their new employers. Please note the pay is inclusive of the 12.07% PAYE holiday.

  We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we sometimes cannot reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time, your application may have been unsuccessful on this specific occasion, but we encourage you to apply for positions that you may see in the future. Alternatively, please check missed calls and all your email folders as it may have been that we have tried to reach you. Thank you.*