SEND Teaching Assistant
About Us
Protocol Education supports educators across the Northeast, helping them find flexible roles that fit their strengths. Our Sunderland schools works closely with local SEND settings, matching brilliant support staff with pupils who need consistency and care.
About the Role
We’re looking for a calm and confident SEND Teaching Assistant to support pupils with autism in a specialist Sunderland provision. You’ll be joining a warm, welcoming team that values patience, curiosity, and genuine connection.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Providing 1:1 and small-group support for pupils with communication and sensory needs
- Helping create safe routines that help pupils feel settled and ready to learn
- Working closely with SENCOs and therapists to follow tailored plans
- Encouraging independence through clear, simple steps
What We’re Looking For
- Experience supporting children or young people with SEND
- A calm, reassuring approach when things get busy
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- A genuine interest in helping pupils grow in confidence
Why Join Protocol Education
- Weekly PAYE pay with no umbrella deductions
- Free access to our online CPD Academy
- A dedicated local consultant who knows Sunderland schools well
- Opportunities across mainstream, SEND and alternative settings
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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