SEMH Learning Support Assistant

SEMH Learning Support Assistant | Gateshead | September Start Be the person who makes school feel possible again.

Protocol Education is recruiting a Learning Support Assistant to work within a specialist SEMH secondary school in Gateshead
, starting in September 2026.

This school is looking for someone who can bring energy, enthusiasm and a positive attitude to the classroom while supporting students who may need additional help with their behaviour, emotional wellbeing and engagement with education.

If you're someone who enjoys working with young people, building relationships and getting stuck in, this could be an excellent opportunity.

Gateshead | Full-time | September 2026
Monday-Friday | 8:30am-4:30pm
Term-time only
Long-term with potential to become permanent

You will work alongside teaching and pastoral teams to help students feel supported, understood and ready to learn.

You could be:

• Supporting students across KS3 and KS4
• Working one-to-one or with small groups
• Helping pupils overcome barriers to learning
• Supporting behaviour and emotional regulation
• Encouraging students to engage positively in lessons
• Helping develop literacy and reading skills
• Supporting students with written work
• Encouraging positive choices and attitudes
• Providing consistent and positive role modelling
• Supporting students during breakfast and lunchtime
• Building relationships that encourage trust and confidence

This isn't a role where you simply sit at the back of the classroom.

The successful candidate will be someone who is:

• Confident
• Charismatic
• Approachable
• Energetic
• Patient
• Resilient
• Proactive
• Positive
• Excellent at building relationships

You might be helping a student complete an English task one minute and joining a game of ping pong at lunchtime the next.
Being willing to get involved and meet students where they are is what makes this role so rewarding.

• Competitive daily pay
• Weekly PAYE payments
• FREE CPD via our CPD Academy
• Specialist SEND and behaviour training
• A dedicated consultant
• Long-term career opportunities
• Potential permanent positions
• £50 Refer a Friend scheme for a secondary school in Durham

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.