Job Title: SEN Teaching Assistant
Location: Grays, Essex
Salary: £89.47 - £95 per day
Do you have a knack for patience, a calm approach, and a big heart for helping children thrive?
We’re looking for a SEN Teaching Assistant to join a warm and welcoming school in Grays. If you've got experience supporting students with special educational needs (SEN)—and the drive to make a real difference—this could be your perfect next step.
What You’ll Be Doing:
One-to-One & Small Group Support
You’ll be right there with students who need a bit more help to stay on track—academically and emotionally.
Team Player Energy
Working alongside teachers to tweak lesson plans and keep learning inclusive and accessible.
Engagement Extraordinaire
Helping learners stay focused and involved during class activities.
Behaviour Whisperer
Using positive strategies to guide emotional regulation and behaviour.
Top Communicator
Keeping parents, teachers, and support staff in the loop.
Champion of Inclusion
Making sure every child feels seen, supported, and safe in the classroom.
What We’re Looking For:
✔️ Right to work in the UK
✔️ Enhanced DBS on the Update Service (or happy to apply)
✔️ SEN experience (in school or similar settings)
✔️ Confident communicator with a calm, positive presence
✔️ Able to adapt your support to different needs and learning styles
Why Join Protocol Education?
✨ Weekly PAYE pay—no umbrella faff
✨ FREE access to our CPD Academy – Dive into bite-sized training on everything from trauma-informed practice to classroom behaviour. It’s flexible, expert-led, and built around real educator needs.
✨ Dedicated consultant who gets it – You’re not just another name on a list.
✨ Roles across Grays & beyond – Mainstream, SEND, and alternative settings all included.
✨ Flex your schedule – Full-time or part-time, we’ll work around your availability.
✨ Refer your mates – And earn rewards when they register and work with us.
If you're ready to bring patience, presence, and positivity into the classroom—we're ready to back you all the way.
Apply now and let’s help young learners shine, together.
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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