Graduate SEND Support Assistant Location: Thornbury, Bristol Hours: 8:30am – 3:30pm Daily Pay Rate: £89 Contract: Full-time Why Join Us? Join a brand-new, purpose-built provision for children and young people aged 2–19 with severe learning disabilities, Autism, and complex medical needs. The curriculum is holistic, sensory-led, and structured to promote independence and engagement through routine and play. On-site facilities include a hydrotherapy pool, sensory rooms, woodland trails, a café, and a garden—designed to build life skills in a supportive, nurturing environment. The site is also fully accessible and eco-conscious, with hoists, ramps, adaptable classrooms, and outdoor learning zones. About the Role: • Deliver 1:1 and small-group support across academic, emotional, social, and sensory needs • Facilitate creative, outdoor, and therapeutic activities—leveraging sensory suites, woodland and garden areas, and the hydrotherapy pool • Implement trauma-informed and autism-specific strategies to build trust, support regulation, independence, and confidence Who We’re Looking For: • Experience working with children or young people with ASD, SLD, PMLD, or related contexts • Patient, adaptable, and confident in sensory-rich, therapeutic learning environments • Skilled at building trusting relationships with children and young people • Creative background or interest in arts, therapeutic approaches, sensory play, outdoor learning, or multi-sensory education is highly valued What We Offer: • A nurturing, inclusive setting with small group sizes and excellent staff-to-student sup-port • Access to state-of-the-art specialist facilities: sensory rooms, hydrotherapy pool, woodland trails, vocational café, and multi-sensory suites • A team committed to creativity, holistic development, sustainability, and compassion-ate care If you're creative, resilient, and passionate about supporting autistic and learning-disabled children through sensory, play-based, and therapeutic approaches, we'd love to hear from you. Help us build something special from the ground up. <br/><br />If you are interested, then please click on the apply button and contact Lauren Featherstone on 0117 472 2400 l Ext: 2017.<br /><br />If you are not interested in this role but know someone else who might be, <strong>don&#39;t forget that we offer &pound;50 in shopping vouchers if you refer a friend to us and we place them in the job.</strong> For more details, contact your local Axcis office.<br /><br /><em>This is a temporary position, unless stated otherwise.</em><br /><br /><em>Axcis is an equal opportunities employer and as such we do not discriminate based on age, gender, disability, race or any other equal opportunities criteria.<br /><br />The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.<br /><br />As such, you will be required to provide an up to date DBS, or be prepared to allow Axcis to process one on your behalf, in addition to other mandatory compliance checks in line with the DfE guidelines (for details please see our website).<br /><br />Axcis Education is an employment agency offering temporary supply work for daily, short-term and long-term assignments in addition to permanent positions.<br /><br />You must be suitably qualified for the position advertised and be prepared to attend a face to face interview with Axcis to demonstrate your suitability for this role.<br /><br />Salary / Pay Rate will be dependent on your skills and experience.</em><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#e0004d;"><a href="/job-page-disclaimer">View the disclaimer</a></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#e0004d;"><strong>Contact: </strong></span><strong> Lauren Featherstone&nbsp;</strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#e0004d;">Telephone: </span> 0117 472 2400 l Ext: 2017</strong></strong>