Psychology Graduate Slough - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist

Psychology Graduate Slough - Aspiring Clinical Psychologist
SEN Teaching Assistant - Specialist Autism & PMLD School
Start Date: January 2026

Are you a Psychology Graduate in Slough looking to build hands on experience before progressing into Clinical Psychology, Art Therapy, or another therapeutic career?
Do you want a role that goes beyond the classroom and gives you real world exposure to complex needs, behaviour, and communication support?

Milk Education, a wellbeing led and eco friendly education agency, is recruiting Psychology and Creative graduates to join a highly specialist SEN school in Slough.

Location: Slough
Pay: £101.40 per day
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-3:45pm (term time only)
Start Date: January 2026
Interviews & Trial Days: Early January 2026

This specialist provision supports pupils with high support Autism, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD), and Global Developmental Delay (GDD). Many pupils are non verbal, so this role is ideal for graduates who are empathetic, observant, and interested in communication beyond speech.

• Supporting sensory regulation and sensory care

• Providing personal care (toileting and hygiene routines)

• Facilitating communication through play, art, music, visuals, and sensory tools

• Assisting with daily therapeutic activities inspired by Occupational Therapy (OT), Speech & Language Therapy (SALT), and Clinical Psychology

• Developing an understanding of behaviour, emotional regulation, and individual sensory profiles

This is an outstanding opportunity for graduates planning postgraduate training in Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology, Art Therapy, or related therapeutic pathways.

GDD involves significant delays across two or more areas of development, such as cognition, communication, movement, or emotional regulation.
In this role, you will learn how to tailor support to each child's unique needs, helping them make meaningful progress in a safe and nurturing environment.

• Free CPD including Autism Awareness, Makaton, PECS, Behaviour & De escalation, and Trauma Informed Practice

• Career focused development aligned with psychology and therapy routes

• Access to a mental health and wellbeing platform, including counselling

• A dedicated consultant invested in your long term career goals

• Competitive daily pay

• Fast track registration and compliance

• Flexible working opportunities

• 5 star rated agency with 3,000+ reviews

• Free access to the Milk Academy with 1,000+ discounted accredited CPD courses

• FREE wellbeing resources, PSHE materials, and school preparation packs

• 24/7 consultant support

• Access to Unbottled, bringing lived experience speakers into schools

• Work with the UK's only eco friendly education supply agency

• Nationwide network of schools and trusts

• Psychology, Art, Creative or Social Science graduates

• Aspiring Clinical Psychologists or Therapists

• Caring, patient, and resilient individuals

• Candidates comfortable supporting personal care as part of holistic SEN support

• Graduates keen to use art, play, music, and sensory approaches to support communication and regulation