New Directions Education is recruiting a full-time PMLD Teaching Assistant for a specialist provision in South Liverpool.
The role will involve supporting non-verbal children with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) across EYFS and Key Stage 1, helping them to access learning through highly personalised, sensory-based approaches. The provision offers a nurturing, structured environment focused on communication, engagement, and early development.
What you’ll be doing:
Supporting non-verbal pupils with PMLD in EYFS and KS1
Assisting with sensory-based learning, communication strategies, and early development activities
Working closely with teachers and therapists to support individual learning plans
What we’re looking for:
Experience supporting children with PMLD or complex needs is desirable
A calm, patient, and nurturing approach
Confident working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Able to pass an enhanced DBS and provide recent references
What New Directions Education Ltd offers:
A dedicated and expert Account Manager
Regular and varied supply work
Competitive rates of pay
Potential long-term teaching roles
Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
A network of branches across the UK
Preferred supplier to more than 20 boroughs across the UK
Recommend-a-friend scheme
Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry
New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment
Business in relation
to this vacancy.