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Class Support Assistant

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Randstad

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United Kingdom , Cranleigh

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Employment contract

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Salary:

22063.00 GBP / Year

Job Description:

Grow your career, support children with autism, and make a real difference in this term-time only position! Are you passionate about helping children with special educational needs reach their full potential? We're looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Class Support Assistant to join the team at our client, a highly-rated, specialist school for autistic children aged 4-19. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a vital role in our pupils' academic, social, and emotional development. Working alongside a committed teaching team, you'll help deliver engaging learning activities and prepare essential lesson materials. Your duties will also include supervising pupils during play times and meal times, and assisting with off-site educational visits. A key part of this role involves building positive relationships with children, teachers, and parents, and promoting our pupils' independence through personal care and hygiene support. This is a term-time only position, offering a healthy work-life balance.

Job Responsibility:

  • Supporting the social and emotional development of pupils
  • Assisting in the delivery of engaging learning activities
  • Preparing lesson materials and pupil programmes
  • Aiding with off-site educational visits
  • Supervising pupils during indoor and outdoor play times and mealtimes
  • Maintaining a clean and safe learning environment
  • Providing personal care to promote hygiene and independence
  • Building positive and collaborative relationships with pupils, teachers, and parents

Requirements:

  • Positive, enthusiastic, and fun-loving
  • Passionate about helping others and contributing to a team
  • Interested in child development and learning disabilities
  • Comfortable providing personal and intimate care
  • Resilient when supporting pupils with challenging behaviours
  • An excellent communicator with strong teamwork skills
  • Experience working with children is desirable
  • Relevant qualifications are a definite advantage
  • Reliable transportation is essential

Nice to have:

  • ability to track progression in attainment
  • background in youth work
  • behaviour management
  • building relationships
  • classroom management
  • communication
  • de-escalation techniques
  • empathy
  • experience in administering medication
  • experience in managing challenging behaviour
  • experience with autism spectrum disorders
  • experience with learning difficulties
  • experience with social emotional mental health
  • inclusiveness
  • manual handling
  • marking
  • mentor experience
  • personal care experience
  • planning
  • resilience
  • restraint training
  • speech and language therapy experience
  • CACHE level 1 or 2
  • CACHE level 2 or 3
  • early childhood studies degree
  • health and social care experience
  • health and social care qualifications (NVQ)
  • HLTA
  • NVQ level 2
  • NVQ level 3
  • NVQ level 4
What we offer:
  • training and education
  • Safeguarding,Prevent
  • Referral Bonus

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 21, 2026

Expiration:
April 22, 2026

Work Type:
On-site work
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