Psychology Graduate Support Assistant

Psychology Graduate Support Assistant – Gateshead

Join a specialist school in Gateshead where relationships, wellbeing and personalised support are at the heart of everything they do.

We are looking for a Psychology graduate who is passionate about helping young people overcome barriers to learning and succeed both academically and personally.

This role offers the chance to work closely with pupils who benefit from additional emotional, behavioural and learning support, while gaining invaluable experience for future careers in psychology and education.

• Supporting pupils on a 1:1 basis and in small groups
• Promoting positive engagement with learning
• Assisting with emotional regulation and wellbeing
• Building positive and trusting relationships
• Supporting classroom activities and interventions

• Psychology degree or relevant qualification
• Empathy, patience and resilience
• Strong communication skills
• Commitment to supporting vulnerable young people

Make a real difference while building experience that will support your future career ambitions.

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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