Class Support Assistant
| Posting date: | 13 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £22,063 per year |
| Additional salary information: | PAYE, Referral Bonus |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 September 2025 |
| Location: | Godalming, Surrey, GU3 1AA |
| Company: | Randstad Education |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | PR-1434999:SOU:I_1755075263 |
Summary
Grow your career, support children with autism, and make a real difference in this term-time only position!
About the RoleAre you passionate about helping children with special educational needs reach their full potential? We're looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Class Support Assistant to join the team at our client, a highly-rated, specialist school for autistic children aged 4-19.
This is a fantastic opportunity to play a vital role in our pupils' academic, social, and emotional development. Working alongside a committed teaching team, you'll help deliver engaging learning activities and prepare essential lesson materials. Your duties will also include supervising pupils during play times and meal times, and assisting with off-site educational visits.
A key part of this role involves building positive relationships with children, teachers, and parents, and promoting our pupils' independence through personal care and hygiene support.
This is a term-time only position, offering a healthy work-life balance.
Key Responsibilities- Supporting the social and emotional development of pupils.
- Assisting in the delivery of engaging learning activities.
- Preparing lesson materials and pupil programmes.
- Aiding with off-site educational visits.
- Supervising pupils during indoor and outdoor play times and mealtimes.
- Maintaining a clean and safe learning environment.
- Providing personal care to promote hygiene and independence.
- Building positive and collaborative relationships with pupils, teachers, and parents.
- Positive, enthusiastic, and fun-loving.
- Passionate about helping others and contributing to a team.
- Interested in child development and learning disabilities.
- Comfortable providing personal and intimate care.
- Resilient when supporting pupils with challenging behaviours.
- An excellent communicator with strong teamwork skills.
Experience working with children is desirable, and relevant qualifications are a definite advantage.
Please note: Due to our school's remote location, reliable transportation is essential. Unfortunately, we cannot support applications from those without it.
Salary & Hours- Salary: £22,063 FTE
- Hours: 36.75 hours per week (part-time options available)
- Schedule: Term-time only