Senior Educational Assistant - EBSNA and Outreach Provision
| Posting date: | 12 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £29,108 to £32,295 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 March 2026 |
| Location: | Cheadle, SK8 1JE |
| Company: | The Together Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | togethertrust/TP/662/382 |
Summary
Togetherwe make a difference, develop and learn, andsupporteach other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: To champion the rights, needs
Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support - they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them and we work together for change.
We believe that everyone deserves a chance to learn and space to thrive and that the right education can change lives. You’ll help break down barriers to education for young people, helping them learn and grow at their own pace.
The Role
To provide specialist, flexible, and creative outreach support for autistic students, including those with a demand avoidance profile and students who have experienced Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance (EBSNA). The role focuses on reducing anxiety, rebuilding trust in education, and facilitating engagement through personalised, non-traditional learning approaches either at Inscape, at the home, or within the local/ wider community setting.
Hours: 35 weeks
Working weeks : 39weeks
Salary: £23,545.14
Location: Inscape House School, Cheadle, Stockport
Responsibilities include but are not exhaustive
- Provide one-to-one for autistic students, including those with PDA and other co-occurring difficulties (e.g., anxiety, sensory processing needs, ADHD).
- Use low-demand, child-led approaches to build trust and engagement, adapting communication and learning strategies accordingly
- Work independently in various settings, including students’ homes, Inscape House School, and/ or the wide community, maintaining high professional standards.
- Work closely with the teacher to adapt the support based on student needs, using a flexible, creative approach to engagement
- Facilitate non-directive, collaborative learning opportunities that gently reintroduce education in a way that feels safe, empowering, and pressure-free.
- Create flexible, collaboratively developed timetables that allow students to engage at their own pace, celebrating their strengths and autonomy in learning.
- Recognise and respond to distress or escalation, using de-escalation techniques and seeking advice from the wider team and PBS at Inscape house
- Build and maintain positive and constructive working relationships with pupils, families, multi-agencies, professionals and colleagues, to maximise pupils’ development and maintain the overall ethos and vision of the school.
- Provide feedback to pupils and the class teacher, supporting with the monitoring, recording and reporting of pupil progress to support with the attainment of all pupils.
- Assist with personal hygiene and health care needs under guidance
About You
- Level 3 or higher Teaching Assistant qualification or commitment to obtain such qualification within a given period of time
- Evidence or recent relevant professional development
- Experience of successful work with pupils who present with behaviours that concern
- Awareness of current developments in supporting autistic pupils
- Clean driving license with business insurance and use of own car
- Ability to cope with challenging behaviours
- Strong personal resilience
- Computer literate
Benefits
- Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit , up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit
- Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
- Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
- Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
- Proud to be a real living wage employer
- Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
- Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
- Promotion of Wellbeingacross the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home
Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.
If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you
The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).
This role will involve regulated activity.
Working in our specialist education team
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