SEN Teaching Assistant – Specialist SEND School | Bristol (BS4 & BS16) | Full-Time | Permanent Opportunity

Minimum 1 Year's SEND Experience Required

Do you have at least one year's experience supporting children with Special Educational Needs? Are you looking for a rewarding full-time role where you can genuinely change lives every day?

Protocol Education is recruiting experienced SEN Teaching Assistants to join a highly respected specialist SEND school in BS4 & BS16, Bristol. Due to continued growth, the school is recruiting on an ongoing basis and is looking for passionate individuals who are committed to building a long-term career in specialist education.

This is a full-time position (Monday to Friday) with the opportunity to secure a permanent contract after 12 weeks.

About the Role

You'll be supporting children and young people aged 3–18 years with a range of complex additional needs, including:

• Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD)
• Complex learning needs
• Autism (ASC)
• Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD)
• Physical disabilities
• Non-verbal communication
• Challenging behaviour

This role involves providing high-quality, person-centred support to help pupils access learning, develop independence, and reach their full potential.

We are looking for candidates who:

• Have at least 1 year's SEND experience working with children or young people.
• Have more than 1 year's Right to Work in the UK.
• Are looking for a full-time, long-term, permanent opportunity.
• Are comfortable supporting pupils aged 3–18 years.
• Are confident providing personal care where required.
• Are comfortable working with wheelchair users, hoists, PEG feeding, and pupils with complex medical needs.
• Have a calm, patient, resilient, and compassionate approach.
• Hold an Enhanced DBS on the Update Service or are willing to apply.

Why Join Protocol Education?

• ✅ Competitive weekly PAYE pay.
• ✅ Full-time role with a clear pathway to a permanent contract after 12 weeks.
• ✅ Work within a supportive specialist SEND school.
• ✅ Free CPD and specialist SEND training.
• ✅ Dedicated consultant support throughout your placement.
• ✅ Make a meaningful difference to the lives of children with complex additional needs every day.

Location: BS4 & BS16, Bristol
Role: SEN Teaching Assistant
⏰ Contract: Full-Time (Monday–Friday)
Start Date: September / Immediate Starts Available

If you're passionate about specialist education and have the experience, resilience, and dedication to support pupils with complex needs, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and begin a rewarding career with Protocol Education.

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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