Sports Graduate Teaching Assistant - Blyth

Protocol Education; Blyth; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Protocol Education is recruiting a Sports Graduate Teaching Assistant to join a specialist SEND provision in Blyth. You will use your coaching experience to support pupils with autism, ADHD and SEMH, helping them engage with active learning inside and outside the classroom.

The role focuses on mentoring, behaviour support and to promote emotional regulation while building positive relationships with pupils. This is a full-time, term-time position with the potential for permanent opportunities.

Qualifications

• Sports Science degree or coaching experience.
• Experience working with children with SEND desirable.
• Enthusiastic about supporting learning through active, practical activities.

Responsibilities

• Supporting learning and engagement
• Delivering mentoring and intervention activities
• Promoting positive behaviour
• Supporting emotional regulation
• Encouraging teamwork and participation
• Building positive relationships with pupils

Skills

Sports Science

Coaching

Education Support

Behaviour Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Sports Science

Job description

Sports Graduate Teaching Assistant - Blyth

Are you a Sports Science Graduate, Sports Coach or PE specialist looking to transfer your skills into education?

Protocol Education is working with a specialist SEND provision in Blyth seeking a Sports Graduate Teaching Assistant.

Location: Blyth
Contract: Full-Time | Term-Time Only

About the Role

Many pupils within the setting respond positively to active learning, positive role models and structured support. Your coaching experience can play a vital role in helping pupils develop confidence, resilience and engagement with education.

You’ll support children and young people with Autism, ADHD and SEMH needs both inside and outside the classroom.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting learning and engagement
• Delivering mentoring and intervention activities
• Promoting positive behaviour
• Supporting emotional regulation
• Encouraging teamwork and participation
• Building positive relationships with pupils

This Role Would Suit

• Sports Science Graduates
• Sports Coaches
• PE Graduates
• Youth Workers
• Behaviour Mentors
• Aspiring Teachers

These Friday ads should perform particularly well as they target the strongest candidate pools in your area: Psychology, Criminology, Sports and Education graduates, alongside SEND and SEMH support candidates.

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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