Healthcare Assistant – SEN and SEMH Education Setting
Location: Peterlee
Pay: £90–£110 per day
Contract: Full-Time, Long-Term
We are seeking a Healthcare Assistant to support children with additional needs within a specialist education setting.
This role combines healthcare, emotional support and education-based care, ensuring pupils feel safe, supported and able to access learning.
Responsibilities include:
• Supporting pupils with physical, medical or personal care needs
• Monitoring wellbeing and responding to pupils’ needs
• Providing reassurance and emotional support
• Supporting pupils’ access to education
• Working collaboratively with teachers and SEN professionals
We are looking for someone who:
• Has experience as a Healthcare Assistant or in a similar role
• Is confident supporting children with additional needs
• Is professional, compassionate and reliable
• Understands the importance of dignity and safeguarding
This role offers stability and meaningful work in a supportive environment.
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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