Special Needs Support Assistant in Harrogate

Requirements:

• Have previous experience of working with children or young people; ideally within a school, nursery, childcare, youth work, play or care setting within the last 4 years. We must be able to obtain valid references from these roles.
• Hold, or be prepared to undergo an Enhanced DBS, registered to the Update Service.

The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:

• Recent experience obtained within the last 4 years working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, ideally within a school, nursery, care, childcare, youth work, or play settings. We must be able to obtain references from these roles.

The Role:

We are currently seeking additional Special Needs Support Assistants to work within our partner schools in Harrogate. This role involves supporting young people with SEND. The hours of work required are 8:30am - 3:30pm, Monday - Friday. The Special Needs Support Assistant involves supporting young people with their learning and pastoral needs. These may include Autism, PMLD, Complex needs, Mobility, SEMH. Personal care skills and experience are advantageous.

The School:

This work would involve working with a small number of schools in the Harrogate area, working specifically with SEND learners. We are continually seeking quality caring staff members, who may eventually wish to become full time or even permanent support staff members.

Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

About Vision for Education:

Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.

What Vision for Education Offer:

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the PayAsYou Earn (PAYE) system.
• Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
• FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
• Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

The Edwin Group is voted a top UK-employer in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group.