SEN Teaching Assistant – Bournemouth

Are you passionate about supporting children with complex needs? A specialist SEN school in Bournemouth is seeking dedicated and compassionate Special Needs Teaching Assistants to join their team across a range of flexible roles.

📍 Location: Bournemouth
🕒 Working Hours: 09:00am – 15:30pm
📅 Start Date: ASAP
📘 Contract Types Available:

• Ad-Hoc (flexible daily cover)
• Short-Term
• Long-Term
• Permanent

About the Role:

You will be supporting pupils with a variety of complex needs, including autism, physical disabilities, and severe learning difficulties. Working closely with teachers and therapists, you’ll help create a safe, engaging, and inclusive learning environment tailored to each pupil’s individual needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide one-to-one and small group support
• Assist with personal care and mobility needs (where required)
• Support communication and sensory development
• Promote independence and emotional wellbeing
• Collaborate with staff and families to support pupil progress

Ideal Candidate:

• Experience working with children or young people with SEN (preferred)
• Calm, patient, and resilient approach
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Willingness to learn and adapt to different needs
• Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain one)

What We Offer:

• Flexible working options to suit your availability
• Supportive and inclusive school environment
• Opportunities for training and career development
• A chance to make a meaningful impact every day

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching to fill this vacancy.