SEND Teaching & Support Roles | East Sussex

Sometimes the best next step in education is simply finding a school that suits you better.

You might already work in SEND and be ready for a change.

You might be in mainstream education and wondering whether specialist provision would suit you.

Or you might have experience from care, coaching, youth work or mentoring and be looking at education for the first time.

Whatever your starting point, I’m currently recruiting for a range of SEND and SEMH opportunities across East Sussex, and I’d be interested in hearing from you.

I work with specialist schools across Hastings, Battle, Eastbourne, Hailsham, Seaford, Newhaven, Lewes and surrounding areas, covering both primary and secondary provision.

What I’m Recruiting For

Opportunities regularly include:

• SEND & SEMH Teachers
• Teaching Assistants
• Learning Support Assistants
• Behaviour & Engagement Mentors
• 1:1 Support
• Pastoral & Intervention roles
• Day-to-day work
• Long-term and ongoing placements

There isn’t one particular vacancy behind this advert. I’m looking to connect with good people and then work out which of my schools and opportunities actually make sense for them.

What Matters in SEND?

I spent several years working directly within SEND education before moving into recruitment, and one thing I learnt fairly quickly is that there isn’t a single personality type that succeeds.

You don’t have to be endlessly energetic or impossibly patient.

You do need to be consistent.

You need to understand that a difficult morning doesn’t necessarily mean a difficult afternoon. You need to be able to maintain boundaries without turning every situation into a confrontation. And you need to be willing to get to know the individual pupil rather than expecting the same approach to work for everybody.

Previous SEND experience is useful, but it isn’t required for every role.

Some schools are open to candidates with transferable experience from mainstream education, care, youth work, coaching, tutoring and mentoring.

Finding the Right Setting

This is important because SEND schools can be incredibly different.

I’ll want to understand what you’ve done previously, where you’re based, which age groups you enjoy and what sort of environment you’re comfortable working in.

Then we can look at the opportunities that genuinely suit you.

The Details

• Opportunities across East Sussex
• Roles throughout the 2026/27 academic year
• Teaching Assistant / LSA roles from £92.60 per day
• Qualified teaching roles paid to scale where applicable
• Flexible, long-term and ongoing work
• CPD and training available

You’ll need an Enhanced Child Workforce DBS registered on the Update Service. If you don’t currently hold one, you’ll need to apply through us and join the Update Service. I’ll support you through the process, although the associated cost is covered by the applicant.

We’ll also need a full employment and education history and references covering 24 months of employment in total where possible as part of our safeguarding checks.

Interested?

You don’t need to have your next move completely figured out.

Apply, tell me what you’ve done and what you’re looking for, and we’ll work out which opportunities across East Sussex are worth exploring.

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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.
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