SEN Teaching Assistant
Start date: As soon as possible
Contract: Full time or part time, term time only
Make a real difference every single day
We are looking for a caring, calm and quietly confident SEN Teaching Assistant to join a brilliant local school. If you love helping children find their spark and you are happiest when you are supporting young people who need that bit of extra patience, this role will feel right at home.
What you will be doing
- Supporting pupils with a range of additional needs including autism, ADHD and social, emotional and mental health needs
- Helping children feel settled, safe and understood
- Working closely with teachers and the school’s SEND team
- Using creativity, play and positive routines to help pupils thrive
- Celebrating the tiny wins that make a huge difference over time
What the school is looking for
- Someone warm, reliable and genuinely child centred
- Experience in SEN is great, although not essential
- A resilient team player who can stay calm on the tougher days
- Someone eager to learn and open to trying new strategies
What you will get with Protocol Education
- A supportive consultant who celebrates your wins and checks in regularly
- Free specialised training, including our Thrive Child Development course
- A workplace that values you as much as the children you support
- Weekly pay, paid-to-scale roles and long term opportunities
If you are ready to help children feel heard, supported and inspired, we would 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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