SEMH Primary Teaching Assistant – Gateshead
If you’re the kind of person who can spot the tiny wins others miss, this SEMH role in Gateshead might be right up your street.
We’re supporting a specialist primary setting where pupils need calm adults who don’t give up easily. The team is warm, structured, and brilliant at helping children who’ve had a tricky start feel safe again.
In this role you’ll:
• Support pupils with social, emotional, and mental health needs
• Build trusting relationships over time
• Help children regulate, reset, and re-engage with learning
• Work closely with teachers, mentors, and therapists
• Use simple, consistent routines to help pupils feel grounded
You’ll be great at this if:
• You’ve worked with SEMH or challenging behaviour before
• You stay calm when emotions run high
• You understand that behaviour is communication
• You’re patient, resilient, and have a good sense of humour
What you get with us:
• Weekly PAYE pay
• Free access to our online CPD academy
• Support from a consultant who genuinely listens
• Opportunities to grow in SEND and SEMH settings
Fancy making a real impact? Let’s chat.
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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