Teaching Assistant

ROLE: Teaching Assistant - Secondary School SPECIALISM: Special Educational Needs / Behaviour LOCATION: Sunderland START DATE: October 2024 or earlier Do you have experience working with young people?We are seeking caring, empathetic individuals who are passionate about supporting children with learning difficulties to excel in their education. Within this role you as a Teaching Assistant, you will support a range of students within a mainstream secondary school. At times you will be working with students with special educational needs, social emotional mental health and behavioural challenges.You will work within full mainstream classes, small groups of students and 1-1. Responsibilities: Providing emotional, social, and practical support to students with a range of social, emotional, learning, and behavioural needsDeveloping and implementing pastoral care plans for students Working with students in the SEN department and within mainstream lessons.Ensuring students are engaged in learning.Managing behaviour effectively. The ideal candidate will: Have experience working with children and young people, ideally within an educational setting, however, other relevant experience is considered.Be confident working independently and as part of a wider team. Have the patience and confidence to de-escalate situations and manage challenging behaviour.Have knowledge of special educational needs. If you want to make a difference and support children and young people in an education setting, APPLY NOW by emailing your cv at [email protected] 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. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website.