Specialist Teaching Assistant:Intimate Care,Physiotherapy & Feeding Support

Specialist Teaching Assistant: Intimate Care, Physiotherapy & Feeding Support

CAPTION: Job details

• Posting date: 12 May 2026
• Hours: Part time
• Closing date: 18 May 2026
• Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9LX
• Company: Teaching Vacancies
• Job type: Permanent
• Job reference: 2e415a7e-21a2-4b69-8423-1

Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

At Impington Village College we are proud to have a large and highly regarded SEND Faculty. We have students from ages 11-18 with a wide range of needs, some of which are very complex. We also have Enhanced Resource units for young people with EHCPs and more complex needs.

We are offering an exciting opportunity to progress your career and undertake structured training and development to enable you to support a students who require intimate care, physiotherapy and feeding support. This role will also give you the opportunity to support other SEND students across the age, ability and subject range. You will be joining a skilled, dedicated and supportive team of staff in our SEND faculty and a College which supports inclusion, independence and meaningful progression for all students.

As a College we are committed to investing in our teaching assistants and their talent. Starting with a comprehensive induction programme we make sure every TA is clear about their role, and has the tools, knowledge and learning they need to perform well and make a difference. We provide fortnightly structured CPD either delivered by our specialist staff or external professionals to give you the opportunity to learn more about specialism areas or strategies to work with specific students.

With this specific role you will be offered the opportunity to undertake a range of training including, but not limited to, moving and handling training, intimate care training, physiotherapy training and feeding training. You will be fully supported by the SEND faculty while undertaking this role.

What the school offers its staff

ELA staff benefits include:

• Reduced contact time to enable professional development;
• EAP with access to counselling & physiotherapy;
• Health care cash plan;
• Paid annual family day;
• Extensive discount club access;
• Cycle to work & electric car lease schemes;
• Enhanced parental leave;
• Flexible work practices;
• Laptop & mobile phone payment plans;
• Ticket ballots for high profile events;
• Generous annual leave allowance for support staff;
• Discounted gym membership for all staff.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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At Impington Village College we are proud to have a large and highly regarded SEND Faculty. We have students from ages 11-18 with a wide range of needs, some of which are very complex. We also have Enhanced Resource units for young people with EHCPs and more complex needs. We are offering an exciting opportunity to progress your career and undertake structured training and development to enable you to support a students who require intimate care, physiotherapy and feeding support. This role will also give you the opportunity to support other SEND students across the age, ability and subject range. You will be joining a skilled, dedicated and supportive team of staff in our SEND faculty and a College which supports inclusion, independence and meaningful progression for all students. As a College we are committed to investing in our teaching assistants and their talent. Starting with a comprehensive induction programme we make sure every TA is clear about their role, and has the tools, knowledge and learning they need to perform well and make a difference. We provide fortnightly structured CPD either delivered by our specialist staff or external professionals to give you the opportunity to learn more about specialism areas or strategies to work with specific students. With this specific role you will be offered the opportunity to undertake a range of training including, but not limited to, moving and handling training, intimate care training, physiotherapy training and feeding training. You will be fully supported by the SEND faculty while undertaking this role. What the school offers its staff ELA staff benefits include

• EAP with access to counselling & physiotherapy;
• Health care cash plan;
• Paid annual family day;
• Extensive discount club access;
• Cycle to work & electric car lease schemes;
• Enhanced parental leave;
• Flexible work practices;
• Laptop & mobile phone payment plans;
• Ticket ballots for high profile events;
• Generous annual leave allowance for support staff;
• Discounted gym membership for all staff.
Commitment to safeguarding