SEND Support Assistant - Northumberland
Listed on 2026-10-27
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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 additional needs to achieve their full potential?
Protocol Education is working with specialist SEND schools across Northumberland and is seeking caring, resilient and dedicated SEND Support Assistants to join supportive school teams.
Location: Northumberland
Contract: Full-Time | Term-Time Only
As a SEND Support Assistant, you will work closely with pupils with Autism, ADHD, communication difficulties, sensory needs and moderate learning difficulties. You'll provide tailored support that enables pupils to access learning, develop social skills and grow in confidence.
You will play a key role in helping pupils navigate the school day, celebrate their achievements and overcome barriers that may affect their education.
What You'll Be Doing- Supporting pupils on a 1:1 and small group basis
- Assisting teachers in delivering engaging lessons
- Supporting social, emotional and academic development
- Encouraging communication and independence
- Supporting pupils during unstructured times
- Building strong relationships with pupils and families
- Helping create a safe and inclusive learning environment
- Teaching Assistants
- Support Workers
- Care Assistants
- Nursery Practitioners
- Psychology Graduates
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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