🌈 Join Our Team as an SEN Teaching Assistant

Do you have a passion for helping children with additional needs thrive?

We're looking for compassionate and committed SEN Teaching Assistant to support pupils in our welcoming Gateshead primary school from September. You'll play a key role in helping children develop academically, socially, and emotionally in a supportive learning environment.

About the Role

As an SEN Teaching Assistant, you will:

• Provide one-to-one and small group support for pupils with Special Educational Needs.
• Assist children with Autism (ASC), ADHD, speech and language difficulties, and other additional needs.
• Work alongside teachers to adapt learning activities to meet individual needs.
• Encourage confidence, independence, and positive behaviour.
• Monitor pupil progress and provide feedback to teaching staff.
• Help create a safe, inclusive, and engaging classroom environment.

What We're Looking For

• Experience working with children or young people with SEN is desirable.
• A patient, caring, and adaptable approach.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• A genuine commitment to supporting children's development.
• Enhanced DBS on the Update Service (or willingness to obtain one).

What We Offer

• Competitive daily rates.
• Ongoing training and CPD opportunities.
• Friendly and supportive school settings.
• Long-term and permanent opportunities.
• Dedicated consultant support throughout your placement.

Apply today and start making a difference this September!

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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