SEN Teaching Assistant

Location: Bath
Contract: Full-time or part-time, long-term opportunities available
Start Date: September 2026 

Looking for a role where every day makes a difference?

You're not "just" a Teaching Assistant. You're the calm voice, the confidence builder, the person who helps children believe in themselves.

We're working with welcoming schools across Bath that are looking for caring, patient, and enthusiastic SEN Teaching Assistants to support pupils with a range of additional needs, including autism, ADHD, speech and language needs, and social, emotional and mental health needs.

Whether you've worked in education, care, youth work, or have personal experience supporting someone with additional needs, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting pupils on a 1:1 basis and in small groups
• Helping children engage with learning in a way that works for them
• Building positive relationships and encouraging confidence
• Working closely with teachers and SEND professionals
• Creating a safe, supportive, and inclusive classroom environment

We're looking for someone who

• Has experience working with children or young people, particularly those with SEND, or transferable experience from care or support roles
• Is patient, empathetic, and resilient
• Communicates well and enjoys working as part of a team
• Wants to make a genuine difference every single day

Why join Protocol Education?

• Weekly PAYE pay, no umbrella companies
• FREE access to our online CPD Academy
• Personalised support from your dedicated consultant
• Opportunities across mainstream, SEND, and specialist settings
• Simple registration process and local work that fits around you
• Refer a friend and earn rewards

Not Thrive trained? No problem. Ask us about our FREE Thrive training, designed to help you better support children's emotional wellbeing and make your CV even more attractive to schools.

If you're ready to start a rewarding role where your support really matters, 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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