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SEND Support recruitment agency.
Hire locum, temporary, interim and permanent SEND practitioners with Actionus. Demand for SEND expertise has grown faster than any other area of education staffing, across special schools, resourced provision and alternative provision. Actionus places SEND teachers, learning support assistants and behaviour specialists into supply, long-term and permanent roles.
How you can hire
Locum, temporary, interim or permanent.
Locum SEND practitioners
Short-notice and planned locum SEND practitioners to cover rota gaps, sickness, leave and backlogs, booked on your framework or direct engagement terms where they apply.
Temporary SEND practitioners
Temporary SEND practitioners for seasonal pressure, projects and fixed blocks of work, with weekly online timesheets approved by your manager.
Interim SEND practitioners
Interim SEND practitioners and senior leads to hold a service, cover a vacant post or deliver a change programme while you recruit permanently.
Permanent SEND practitioners
Permanent SEND practitioners sourced, screened and shortlisted against your brief, with interviews arranged and offers managed through to start.
Compliance checked before the first shift
- •Enhanced DBS with children's barred list check
- •Right to work and identity verification
- •References including the most recent school or setting
- •Safeguarding training and KCSIE awareness
Settings we supply
- •Special schools
- •Resourced provision and units
- •Alternative provision
- •Mainstream inclusion teams
Specialities
Autism, SEMH, PMLD and SLD, Behaviour support, EHCP delivery, Speech and communication support
Questions
Hiring SEND practitioners, answered.
- How do I hire locum or temporary SEND practitioners through Actionus?
- Send us the role, location, dates and engagement type. We confirm what is achievable, shortlist compliant SEND practitioners and book them once you approve, with hours recorded through weekly online timesheets.
- Can Actionus recruit permanent and interim SEND practitioners?
- Yes. We recruit send support staff on locum, temporary, interim and permanent terms, and temporary assignments can convert to permanent on agreed terms.
- What checks are completed before SEND practitioners start?
- Professional registration where it applies, right to work, identity, the correct level of DBS, references and role-specific training evidence. The compliance pack is shared with you before the assignment begins.
- Do you work across the whole of the UK?
- Yes. Actionus recruits nationally across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and in Ireland, so you work with one agency wherever the vacancy sits.
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