Are you calm, patient, and great at building trust? This could be a really rewarding next step.
We’re working with a welcoming SEN school in Gateshead looking for a 1:1 SEN Support Assistant to support a pupil who benefits from consistency, reassurance, and clear routines. This role is all about relationships, understanding individual needs, and helping a young person feel safe and supported in school.
The role:
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Providing dedicated 1:1 support to a pupil with SEN
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Supporting learning, emotional regulation, and daily routines
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Helping the pupil stay engaged and access the curriculum
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Working closely with teachers, SENCOs, and wider support teams
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Creating a calm, positive, and structured environment
We’re looking for someone who:
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Has experience supporting children with SEN, this could be in schools, care, youth work, or similar settings
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Is patient, resilient, and confident supporting individual needs
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Understands that behaviour is a form of communication
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Can build strong, trusting relationships
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Is reliable and committed to making a difference
What Protocol Education offers:
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Weekly pay through PAYE, no umbrella companies
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FREE access to our CPD Academy
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A dedicated consultant who knows SEN inside out
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Long-term roles in supportive SEN settings
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A smooth and friendly registration process
Not Thrive trained yet? We’ve got you covered. We offer FREE Thrive training, which schools love and which can really boost your confidence in SEN roles.
If this sounds like the kind of role you’d enjoy, we’d love to hear from you.
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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