Autism Support Worker - SEND School
Listed on 2026-10-19
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Education / Teaching
Special Needs / Learning Disabilities, Teacher Assistant/ Paraprofessional, Special Education Assistant, Child Development/Support
Are you passionate about supporting children and young people with Autism?
Protocol Education is working with specialist SEND schools across Northumberland looking for dedicated Autism Support Workers to help pupils thrive in a supportive and structured learning environment.
Location: Morpeth, Cramlington & Blyth
Contract: Full-Time | Term-Time Only
You'll work closely with pupils with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), supporting them academically, socially and emotionally throughout the school day.
This is a rewarding opportunity to make a genuine impact while gaining valuable SEND experience.
What You'll Be Doing- Supporting pupils on a 1:1 basis
- Encouraging communication and social interaction
- Assisting with classroom learning
- Supporting sensory and emotional regulation
- Building positive relationships with pupils and families
- Helping pupils achieve EHCP targets
- SEND Teaching Assistants
- Support Workers
- Care Assistants
- Psychology Graduates
- Youth Workers
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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