ALN Teaching Assistants
Job description
ALN Teaching Assistant | SEN & Secondary Schools | Carmarthenshire
£14.25 per hour | ✅ Weekly PAYE Pay | Monday-Friday, Term Time Only | Immediate Starts Available
Looking for a rewarding career where you can genuinely change lives?
Teaching Personnel is seeking caring, resilient and enthusiastic ALN Teaching Assistants to support pupils within specialist SEN provisions and secondary schools across Carmarthenshire.
Whether you're an experienced Teaching Assistant, Support Worker, Care Assistant, Youth Worker, Behaviour Mentor, or have transferable experience supporting children, young people or vulnerable adults, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
You'll support young people aged 11-19 with additional learning needs, helping them build confidence, develop independence, regulate emotions and achieve their potential both academically and socially.
You may support pupils with:
✅ Autism (ASC)
✅ ADHD
✅ SEMH (Social, Emotional & Mental Health Needs)
✅ Speech & Language Difficulties
✅ Complex Learning Difficulties
✅ Physical Disabilities & Medical Needs
✅ Sensory Processing Needs
✅ PMLD & Specialist Educational Needs
Support may be delivered on a 1:1 basis, within small groups, or across specialist learning environments.
⭐ Ideal Background
We welcome applicants from:
✅ Teaching Assistant / Learning Support Assistant roles
✅ Care Assistant or Support Worker positions
✅ Youth Work or Community Support settings
✅ Residential Care environments
✅ Health & Social Care backgrounds
✅ Psychology, Education or Counselling graduates
✅ Behaviour Support or Trauma-Informed roles
Relevant training is advantageous but not essential:
✔ Autism Awareness
✔ Behaviour Management
✔ Team Teach
✔ Thrive Approach
✔ Manual Handling
✔ Positive Behaviour Support
✔ First Aid
No school experience? No problem. If you have the right attitude, transferable skills and a passion for supporting young people, full guidance and training can be provided.
Why Choose Teaching Personnel?
£14.25 per hour PAYE
Flexible work patterns available
Free & discounted CPD training courses
Autism, Behaviour & Trauma-Informed Practice training
Dedicated local consultant support
Long-term, temp-to-perm & permanent opportunities
Pension scheme
Opportunities across a range of specialist educational settings
Apply Today
If you're patient, compassionate and passionate about helping young people overcome barriers to learning, we want to hear from you.
Join Teaching Personnel and make a lasting difference to the lives of young people with additional learning needs across Carmarthenshire.
Apply now for immediate consideration.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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