Graduate Teaching Assistant – Psychology, Criminology & Sociology Graduates

North Durham | Full Time | Term Time Only
£98–£115 per day | Start ASAP

Your Degree Got You This Far. Now Get Some Experience.

Graduated in Psychology, Criminology, Sociology, Youth Work or a related subject and wondering what to do next?

Protocol Education is recruiting Graduate Teaching Assistants to work in a school in North Durham, supporting pupils with behaviour, emotional wellbeing and additional needs.

You don't need years of experience. This role is about bringing your knowledge, personality and willingness to learn into a school environment.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll support pupils with:

• Learning and classroom activities
• Behaviour and emotional regulation
• Communication and social development
• Confidence and independence
• Positive relationships
• Engagement with education
• Individual barriers to learning

Depending on the school and pupils, you'll work 1:1, in small groups and alongside the class teacher.

What Makes You Suitable?

We're looking for graduates who are:

• Patient
• Calm under pressure
• Confident and approachable
• Naturally observant
• Resilient
• Good at building relationships
• Interested in understanding behaviour
• Keen to develop professionally

Previous school experience is desirable rather than essential.

Build Experience For Your Next Step

This role can give you practical experience relevant to careers in:

Psychology | Teaching | SEND | Youth Justice | Mental Health | Social Care | Behaviour Support

With Protocol Education You'll Receive:

• £98–£115 per day
• Weekly PAYE payments
• FREE CPD and online training
• Dedicated consultant
• Ongoing support
• Long-term and permanent opportunities
• £50 Refer a Friend bonus

If you're looking for a graduate role where no two days are quite the same, apply today.

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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