1:1 Behavioural Support Assistant

Protocol Education Ltd; North East; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational support agency is seeking a full-time Behavioural Support Assistant in Durham, North East England. The role involves providing 1:1 support to pupils with behavioural needs across KS1 and KS2. Ideal candidates will have experience in supporting children with additional needs, demonstrate patience and understanding, and be calm in challenging situations. Benefits include weekly pay, free CPD training, and ongoing support from consultants. This is a temporary position with potential for permanence.

Benefits

Weekly pay through PAYE

Access to online CPD Academy

Ongoing support from dedicated SEND consultants

Opportunities in various educational settings

Free Thrive training

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children with SEND or SEMH is essential.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with pupils.
• Knowledge of emotional regulation strategies.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 behavioural support to pupils.
• Support emotional regulation and positive behaviour strategies.
• Collaborate with teachers and SEN staff.

Skills

Experience supporting children with behavioural needs

Patience

Empathy

Calmness under pressure

Understanding routine and boundaries

Job description

Specialist School, Durham

KS1 & KS2 | Full-time, long-term

This role is about consistency, trust, and being the steady presence a child can rely on.

We’re working with a welcoming specialist school in Durham who are looking for a 1:1 Behavioural Support Assistant to support pupils across KS1 and KS2. These children may display behaviours that communicate unmet needs, and the school is looking for someone who understands that behaviour is never “just behaviour”.

If you’re calm under pressure, great at building relationships, and believe every child deserves to feel safe and understood, this could be a really rewarding next step.

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing 1:1 behavioural support to pupils with additional needs
• Supporting emotional regulation, transitions, and positive behaviour strategies
• Helping pupils access learning in a way that works for them
• Working closely with teachers, SEN staff, and pastoral teams
• Following individual behaviour plans and celebrating progress, however small it looks

You’ll be a great fit if you:

• Have experience supporting children with behavioural needs, SEND, or SEMH
• Bring patience, empathy, and a consistent approach to your work
• Can stay calm and reassuring during challenging moments
• Understand the importance of routine, boundaries, and trust
• Are happy working across both KS1 and KS2

Why work with Protocol Education?

• Weekly pay through PAYE, no umbrella company faff
• FREE access to our online CPD Academy
• Ongoing support from a dedicated SEND consultant
• Opportunities in specialist, alternative, and mainstream settings
• Simple registration and local roles that suit you

Thrive trained? Brilliant. Not yet? We’ve got you. We offer free Thrive training to help you develop trauma‑informed, emotionally aware approaches that specialist schools genuinely value.

If this sounds like your kind of role, let’s have a chat and talk through the school, the pupils, and what support looks like day to day.

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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