SEND Care & Learning Assistant

SEND Care & Learning Assistant – Sunderland Area

Pay: £89 to £110 per day

Start: ASAP

Contract: Long-term, full-time

If you’re the calm, steady presence everyone naturally gravitates towards, this role will feel like home.

We’re supporting a specialist setting for children with complex learning and medical needs. Pupils benefit from consistency, gentle communication and adults who understand sensory processing, personal care and emotional regulation.

• Supporting pupils with communication, sensory needs and learning tasks
• Providing personal care with dignity and sensitivity
• Using symbols, schedules and structured routines
• Working closely with the class team, therapists and healthcare staff

• Have experience in SEND, care, residential, or health support
• Are patient, grounded and able to stay calm under pressure
• Build trust slowly and respectfully

• Weekly PAYE pay
• FREE CPD and Thrive training
• A consultant who checks in, not just checks a box

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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