SEND Support EYFS Teaching Assistant

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

Job summary

A leading educational staffing agency is seeking a caring, hands-on SEN Teaching Assistant for a specialist school in Durham. In this role, you will support young children with special educational needs, particularly in the early years foundation stage. A calm demeanor and experience with children with SEN are essential. The school offers a nurturing environment, free training, and weekly pay. This is a temporary position with potential for long-term opportunities.

Benefits

Weekly pay through PAYE

Free access to CPD Academy

Dedicated consultant support

Opportunities in various educational settings

Free Thrive training for emotional wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in early years settings (EYFS) is essential.
• Ability to support diverse learning needs, including autism.
• Calm demeanor in busy environments.

Responsibilities

• Support young children with a range of SEN.
• Help pupils settle into routines and feel secure.
• Use sensory approaches to promote learning.

Skills

Experience supporting children with SEN

Calm and nurturing approach

Understanding of play-based learning

Job description

Little wins. Big impact. This one’s all about the early years.

We’re working with a lovely specialist school in Durham who are looking for a caring, hands‑on SEN Teaching Assistant to support children in their EYFS provision. These pupils are at the very start of their learning journey and they need someone calm, patient, and ready to celebrate every tiny step forward.

If you love messy play, sensory learning, and helping children feel safe and understood, you’ll feel right at home here.

What your days will look like:

• Supporting young children with a range of SEN, including autism and communication needs
• Helping pupils settle into routines and feel secure in their environment
• Using play‑based and sensory approaches to support learning and development
• Working closely with teachers, therapists, and the wider support team
• Being that reassuring, familiar face children trust

This role could be a great fit if you:

• Have experience supporting children with SEN, especially in EYFS or early years settings
• Bring a calm, nurturing approach, even when days get a little busy
• Understand that progress doesn’t always come with worksheets and that’s okay
• Are happy getting stuck in, on the floor, outside, and wherever the learning happens

Why work with Protocol Education?

• Weekly pay through PAYE, no umbrella company faff
• FREE access to our online CPD Academy
• A dedicated consultant who actually listens
• Opportunities in specialist, mainstream, and SEND settings
• Straightforward registration and local roles that suit you

Not Thrive trained yet? No problem. We offer free Thrive training to our educators, a brilliant way to build confidence in supporting children’s emotional wellbeing and a real bonus for specialist schools.

If this sounds like your kind of role, we’d love to chat and tell you more about the school and the team.

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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