Trainee Teaching Assistant

Trainee Teaching Assistant

Location: Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
Contract: Term-time only, Fixed-term / permanent progression route
Hours: Part time (morning/afternoon) or full time

An excellent opportunity for someone looking to begin their career supporting children with complex needs. As a Trainee Teaching Assistant you’ll receive on-the-job training and support from experienced staff in a specialist primary setting. You will learn how to support pupils with severe learning difficulties, autism spectrum conditions and associated communication and emotional needs.

• Assist teachers in delivering differentiated learning tasks
• Help with class routines and maintaining a positive learning environment
• Support pupils with communication, interaction, behaviour, and personal care
• Implement strategies as directed by senior staff / therapists
• Observe, report and feedback pupil progress and concerns

• A caring, patient and enthusiastic attitude with a strong desire to learn
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to adapt and respond to changing needs and behaviour
• Commitment to SEND best practice and willingness to undertake training

• Full training, including SEND-specific approaches such as communication support and behaviour management
• A clear pathway for development into more advanced support roles
• Mentoring and regular feedback
• Respectful, caring environment where every pupil’s progress is valued

Ideal for someone with energy, empathy, and motivation to build a rewarding career supporting young people in specialist education.

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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