Primary SEND Teaching Assistant

Protocol Education Limited; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Protocol Education Limited in Gateshead is recruiting a Primary SEND Teaching Assistant to join a well-established school. You will work closely with teachers to support pupils with a range of SEN, ensuring they can access learning opportunities and achieve positive outcomes.

The role involves delivering targeted interventions, supporting behaviour management, monitoring progress, and maintaining safeguarding standards.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children or vulnerable young people.
• Understanding of SEND practices.
• Strong interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Commitment to safeguarding and inclusive education.

Responsibilities

• Providing classroom support across a range of subjects.
• Delivering targeted interventions and individual support.
• Assisting pupils with social, emotional, and communication needs.
• Supporting behaviour management strategies.
• Monitoring pupil progress and engagement.

Skills

Experience with children/vulnerable PY

SEND practices knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Safeguarding awareness

Job description

Primary SEND Teaching Assistant - Gateshead

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a committed Teaching Assistant to join a well-established Primary SEND school in Gateshead.

The Role

The successful candidate will work closely with teaching staff to support pupils with a range of special educational needs and disabilities, ensuring they can access learning opportunities and achieve positive outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Providing classroom support across a range of subjects.
• Delivering targeted interventions and individual support.
• Assisting pupils with social, emotional, and communication needs.
• Supporting behaviour management strategies.
• Monitoring pupil progress and engagement.

Requirements

• Experience working with children or vulnerable young people.
• An understanding of SEND practices.
• Strong interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Commitment to safeguarding and inclusive education.

Benefits

This is a highly rewarding role within a supportive school community dedicated to pupil progress and wellbeing.

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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