Teaching Assistant - Enhanced Learning Provisions

Location: Mitcham
Job Type: Supply Teaching
Industry: Primary SEN Support
Reference: 311021735
Salary: £90 - 100 per day
Job Published: 2 days ago
Got a calm head, a kind heart, and a real talent for helping young people feel safe and understood? Then this could be right up your street.
Protocol Education is working with a number of welcoming schools across Wandsworth who are looking for support staff to join their Enhanced Learning Provisions. These settings support pupils who need a little extra structure, reassurance and encouragement to thrive at school.
This isn’t a role where you stand on the sidelines. You’ll be right there, building trust, offering consistency and helping pupils believe in themselves, sometimes for the very first time.
What your days will involve

  • Supporting pupils with additional learning, behavioural or emotional needs

  • Working closely with teachers and SEN teams to keep days calm, safe and purposeful

  • Helping young people regulate emotions, stay engaged and feel understood

  • Creating a supportive environment where progress feels achievable, even on tough days

We’re looking for people who

  • Are patient, resilient and genuinely care about young people

  • Have experience in schools, SEND, youth work, care or similar settings, or are keen to learn

  • Stay calm under pressure and don’t take challenging moments personally

  • Want to make a real difference, even when the days feel demanding

What you’ll get in return

  • Roles in supportive schools that truly value their support staff

  • Weekly PAYE pay, no umbrella faff

  • FREE access to our CPD Academy, including SEND and behaviour training

  • A friendly, local consultant who listens and works around you

  • Opportunities for long-term and ongoing placements

Thrive trained? Brilliant.
Not yet? No problem. We offer FREE Thrive training, which schools love and which gives you practical tools to support emotional wellbeing in the classroom.
If you’re looking for meaningful work where your presence really matters, this could be the role for 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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