Specialist Support Assistant

Specialist Support Assistant – Gateshead

An exciting opportunity has arisen within a Gateshead SEN provision for a Specialist Support Assistant.

The school supports pupils with a variety of needs, including Autism, SEMH and moderate learning difficulties, helping them achieve both educational and personal goals.

• Delivering one-to-one and small group support
• Assisting pupils with classroom activities
• Encouraging emotional regulation and self-confidence
• Supporting positive behaviour management approaches
• Working closely with teachers and specialist staff

• Experience supporting children or young people
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Caring and empathetic nature
• Genuine interest in special educational needs

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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