Criminology Graduate

Protocol Education Limited; North Shields; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

CPD Academy access

Thrive training

Long-term opportunities

Job summary

Protocol Education Limited is seeking a Criminology Graduate to support students at a secondary school in North Shields. This role offers hands-on experience in behaviour support, safeguarding, and inclusive education, with long-term prospects in the sector.

You will work under pastoral teams and teachers to help students overcome barriers, develop resilience, and engage with learning in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• A Criminology degree or related field.
• Genuine passion for supporting young people.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Calm, resilient and proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Support students one-to-one and in small groups.
• Help students regulate emotions and make positive choices.
• Assist with behaviour management using restorative approaches.
• Build trusting relationships to encourage confidence and engagement.

Skills

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Calm demeanor

Proactive attitude

Education

Criminology degree

Job description

Are you a Criminology Graduate looking to gain hands‑on experience before a career in Youth Justice, Probation, Policing, Social Work, Educational Psychology or Teaching?

Protocol Education is recruiting a motivated Criminology Graduate to support students in a welcoming secondary school in North Shields. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your understanding of behaviour, safeguarding and the factors that influence young people's lives while gaining valuable school‑based experience.

The school combines high expectations with exceptional pastoral support, creating an environment where students are encouraged to develop confidence, resilience and the determination to succeed.

North Shields
£92.63 - £115.00 per day (PAYE)
Full‑Time | September Start | Long‑Term Opportunity

The Role

As a Criminology Graduate, you may work as a:

• Behaviour Support Assistant
• Learning Mentor
• Pastoral Support Assistant
• SEMH Support Assistant
• SEND Teaching Assistant
• Inclusion Support Assistant
• Student Intervention Mentor

You’ll gain invaluable experience by:

• Supporting students on a one‑to‑one and small‑group basis.
• Helping young people regulate emotions and make positive choices.
• Working with students with SEMH needs, Autism (ASC), ADHD and additional learning needs.
• Supporting behaviour management using positive and restorative approaches.
• Building trusting relationships that encourage confidence, resilience and engagement.
• Working alongside teachers, safeguarding teams and pastoral professionals.
• Supporting students to overcome barriers to learning.
• Promoting positive attitudes towards education and personal development.

Every day presents new challenges and opportunities to positively influence a young person’s future.

Why Criminology Graduates Choose This Opportunity

• Gain outstanding experience before careers in policing, probation or youth justice.
• Build practical skills in behaviour management and safeguarding.
• Develop experience highly valued by postgraduate courses and employers.
• Work alongside experienced education and pastoral professionals.
• Access excellent CPD and specialist SEND training.
• Develop transferable skills relevant to a range of public sector careers.
• Long‑term opportunities with potential routes into permanent school employment.

Why This School?

This school is committed to helping every student achieve success through high expectations, strong relationships and exceptional support.

Staff work hard to create a culture where achievement is celebrated, students feel valued and every young person is encouraged to build the confidence and resilience needed for future success.

For graduates looking to work closely with young people and gain meaningful experience within education, it provides an excellent environment to develop professional skills.

We’re Looking For

• A degree in Criminology or a related subject.
• A genuine passion for supporting young people.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Calm, resilient and confident individuals.
• Positive role models who can build excellent relationships.
• A proactive and professional approach.
• Previous experience working with young people is desirable but not essential.

Whether you’ve volunteered, coached sports, mentored, worked in customer service or supported young people in another setting, we’d love to hear from you.

Pay & Benefits

• £92.63 - £115.00 per day (PAYE only)
• Weekly pay
• No umbrella companies
• FREE access to our CPD Academy
• FREE Thrive training through Protocol Education
• Long‑term and permanent opportunities
• Dedicated consultant support throughout your placement

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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