Complex Needs Teaching Assistant

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.

Would you like to work in a specialist school where your support can have a meaningful impact on a child's development, confidence, and quality of life? Are you caring, patient, and interested in working with children who have a range of complex educational, physical, communication, and medical requirements?

A specialist school in Swindon is seeking a dedicated Complex Needs Teaching Assistant to join its experienced support team from September 2026. This role provides the opportunity to work closely with children who require a high level of personalised support to participate in education and everyday school activities.

You will support children with a variety of complex needs, which may include Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD), physical disabilities, complex medical conditions, sensory needs, communication difficulties, and other significant SEND requirements .

Every child will have their own strengths, interests, abilities, and ways of communicating. Your role will be to understand these individual differences and provide consistent support that helps each child participate, communicate, and develop at their own pace.

What the Role Involves

As a Complex Needs Teaching Assistant, you will work alongside teachers and specialist staff to provide tailored support throughout the school day. You may work with individual children or support small groups, depending on the needs of the setting.

Your responsibilities could include:

• Providing dedicated one-to-one and small-group assistance during lessons and school activities.
• Helping children engage with learning through practical, sensory, and personalised activities.
• Adapting tasks and resources so children can participate as fully as possible.
• Supporting children who use AAC, symbols, communication boards, signing, or other alternative communication methods .
• Assisting with mobility and physical positioning in line with individual guidance and school procedures.
• Supporting personal care routines where required, always maintaining dignity, privacy, and respect. xwwtmva

Supporting Individual Progress

Working with children with complex needs requires a flexible and child-centred approach. Progress may involve achieving a new communication milestone, developing a new p
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