Experienced Teaching Assistant | SEND & Behaviour
Listed on 2026-10-03
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Education / Teaching
Special Needs / Learning Disabilities, Teacher Assistant/ Paraprofessional, Special Education Assistant, Elementary School
Location: South Shields
Job Type: Full Time, Term Time Only
Start Date: As soon as available
Hours: Monday–Friday, school hours
Pay: £98–£120 per day
Protocol Education are recruiting experienced Teaching Assistants and Learning Support Assistants for schools across South Shields.
We're particularly interested in hearing from TAs who have experience supporting pupils with SEND, SEMH or behavioural needs
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This could be a great opportunity if you're looking for a role where your experience and personality can make a genuine difference.
What You'll Be Doing- Supporting pupils in lessons
- Working 1:1 and with small groups
- Supporting pupils with additional needs
- Encouraging engagement and participation
- Reinforcing positive behaviour
- Supporting emotional regulation
- Helping pupils access the curriculum
- Building positive relationships
- Working closely with teachers and pastoral staff
We're looking for someone who is:
- Qualified or experienced as a Teaching Assistant
- Confident working with children and young people
- Experienced with SEND, SEMH or behaviour
- Patient, consistent and approachable
- Comfortable working as part of a wider team
- Able to remain calm and professional in challenging situations
- Passionate about helping pupils make progress
- £98–£120 per day
- Weekly PAYE payments
- FREE CPD and specialist training
- Dedicated consultant
- Long-term and permanent opportunities
- Ongoing support
- £50 Refer a Friend bonus
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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