PMLD Teaching Assistant

Job Description

Job Title: PMLD Teaching Assistant (Special School)
Location: Brent North West London
Start Date: ASAP
Contract: Full-time Monday to Friday 8:00am to 3:30pm
Salary: 90 to 95 per day

A respected Special School in the London Borough of Brent is seeking a compassionate reliable and committed PMLD Teaching Assistant to support pupils with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities.

Brent schools benefit from strong specialist SEN provision and well-established multidisciplinary teams. This role is suited to a Teaching Assistant who is confident supporting pupils with complex learning physical sensory and medical needs within a structured and nurturing environment.

You will work closely with SEN teachers therapists and support staff to deliver a pupil-centred approach that prioritises communication sensory engagement wellbeing and independence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide specialist 1:1 and small-group support for pupils with PMLD in line with EHCPs and personalised learning programmes
• Support pupils with complex physical needs including mobility feeding and personal care maintaining dignity safety and safeguarding at all times
• Assist with sensory-based and experiential learning activities including the use of sensory rooms and specialist equipment
• Support the use of AAC strategies such as Makaton PECS communication aids and sensory cues
• Work collaboratively with class teachers Speech and Language Therapists Occupational Therapists Physiotherapists and other professionals
• Observe monitor and record pupil engagement and progress contributing to reviews and multi-agency meetings
• Create a calm structured and nurturing environment that supports emotional regulation comfort and positive relationships
• Follow safeguarding health and safety and moving and handling procedures in line with school policies

Qualifications and Skills:

• Experience supporting children or young people with PMLD SLD or complex SEND in a special school or similar setting is highly desirable
• Strong understanding of person-centred and holistic SEN practice
• Patient resilient and empathetic with confidence responding to both physical and emotional needs
• Comfortable working within a multidisciplinary team and following specialist care and education plans
• Level 3 qualification in Supporting Teaching and Learning Health and Social Care or a related area is desirable but not essential
• Enhanced DBS on the Update Service or willingness to apply for one

Ribbons & Reeves are Londons leading education recruiters specialising in long-term and permanent roles within mainstream and specialist SEN schools. We work closely with schools across Brent supporting dedicated professionals who are committed to making a meaningful and lasting impact in special education.

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