SEND Support Assistant

Looking for a role where you can genuinely change a child’s day for the better? This specialist school in Gateshead is searching for a calm, caring SEND Support Assistant who brings patience, empathy, and a steady hand when things get lively.

You’ll be joining a warm and welcoming team who support pupils with a range of needs including autism, communication differences, SEMH, and complex learning needs. If you’re the type who spots the small wins, celebrates progress, and knows when a deep breath solves more than a raised voice, this school will value you from day one.

• Supporting pupils 1:1 or in small groups, helping them access learning in a way that works for them

• Using sensory strategies and structured routines to reduce anxiety and build confidence

• Working closely with teachers, therapists, and the SENCO to keep pupils settled and progressing

• Helping create safe, positive spaces where every child feels understood

• Bringing your calm presence into classrooms that sometimes run on big feelings and big personalities

• Experience with SEND, whether in schools, care, youth work, or personal experience

• Someone who is unphased by behaviour and understands that every action tells a story

• A patient communicator who can adapt quickly and build trust

• A team player who brings empathy, resilience, and a sense of humour

You’ll get:

• Weekly pay through PAYE
  , no umbrella headaches

• A friendly consultant who knows SEND, not just job boards

• FREE online CPD
  , including behaviour, communication, and safeguarding modules

• Access to roles in specialist settings, PRUs, and mainstream SEND units

• A registration process that’s quick and human

Are you Thrive trained
? If not, we offer free access to Thrive training, which makes a huge difference in SEND settings and boosts your appeal to schools.

If this sounds like the kind of role where you’d thrive, I’d love to help you take the next step. Want me to send this over to a consultant to get you started?

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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