Personal Care Assistant

**Teaching and Rehabilitation Assistant**:
**Make a Real Difference - One Child at a Time**
Are you compassionate, patient, and proactive? Do you have experience working with children with additional needs or are eager to learn and make a difference? We have a **unique and rewarding opportunity** for a **Teaching and Rehabilitation Assistant** to join a dedicated team supporting a 6 year old child with **Cerebral Palsy (CP)** and **learning difficulties**, educated at home within the Giggleswick area.
This is more than just a support role - it combines **education support, rehabilitation and sensory - based learning** to help a bright and engaging child achieve their full potential. You’ll be working closely with the child’s **family, multidisciplinary therapy team, education professionals and a case manager**, to support the child’s development, independence and overall wellbeing.

**Your Responsibilities Will Include**:
Education & Sensory Support
- Deliver home
- school teaching plans under the guidance of SEN specialists.
- Use multi
- sensory techniques (visual, tactile, auditory, movement
- based) to support learning.
- Adapt activities and resources to suit the child’s sensory and education needs.

Therapy & Rehabilitation
- Implement therapy and sensory regulation programmes as directed by physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists.
- Support the child’s use of specialist equipment (e.g. walkers, standing frames, switches, communication aids).
- Help embed therapy goals into daily routines and learning tasks.

❤️ Social, Emotional & Cognitive Development
- Facilitate access to play and social opportunities in a sensory
- aware and inclusive way.
- Use sensory
- based strategies to encourage communication, confidence and emotional wellbeing.

Teamwork & Communication
- Work in close collaboration with the family and professionals.
- Participate in reviews and contribute observations on progress and challenges.
- Maintain clear and accurate records of progress, activities and sensory responses.

Administration & Professional Standards
- Ensure care and education plans are updated and followed.
- Follow all safeguarding, confidentiality and professional standards.
- Provide assistance with personal care if required.

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What We’re Looking For:
Essential Skills & Qualities:

- Willingness to learn and follow detailed guidance from therapists, teachers and parents.
- Strong interpersonal skills with empathy, patience and creativity.
- Clear verbal and written communication
- Awareness of professional boundaries, confidentiality and safeguarding.
- Team player with a flexible, problem
- solving approach.
- Full UK driving licence
- Experience of working with EYFS (Early Years Approach/ philosophy), either within a specialist setting or mainstream provision.
- Ability to be dynamic and ‘go with the flow’, changing activities according to the child’s needs.

✏Desirable (but not essential - training can be provided):

- Experience of supporting children with physical disabilities, learning difficulties or sensory processing needs.
- Willingness to support with personal care.
- Experience working in a home/community setting
- NVQ Level 3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning, Health & Social Care, or equivalent.
- Experience in educational, therapy, or support settings.
- Experience working in CQC or Ofsted - regulated settings
- Understanding of sensory processing, learning difficulties, and physical disabilities.
- Experience of working with children using a Total Communication Approach.

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What we offer:

- A comprehensive induction, with ongoing training and supervision.
- Competitive Salary starting from £18 per hour
- Supportive working environment with a collaborative, multidisciplinary team.
- Opportunity to make a real difference in a child’s life.
- A role that provides excellent career development opportunities, meaningful outcomes and professional growth.

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Key Outcomes for This Role:

- The child achieves measurable progress across education, therapy and personal development.
- Therapy and sensory learning programmes are delivered consistently and effectively at home.
- The home environment remains structured, positive and responsive to the child’s needs.
- Strong collaboration and communication are maintained between family and professionals.

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Ready to Apply:
If you are committed to helping children reach their full potential through education, therapy and compassionate support, we’d love to hear from you.
To apply, please send your CV and a short covering letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
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- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. A full enhanced DBS check and references will be required