Trainee Specialist Teaching Assistant

Trainee Specialist Teaching Assistant – Communication & Support

Location: Sunderland / Peterlee area

Contract: Full-Time, Term-Time + Training Days

Start: Immediate

Pay: Competitive daily rate

This role is ideal if you’re keen to develop specialist skills supporting learners with communication and interaction needs. You’ll work alongside experienced staff to help pupils express themselves and access the curriculum with confidence.

• Support social communication activities with individuals and groups
• Assist with visual supports and structured communication aids
• Help pupils build confidence in speaking, listening and interaction
• Learn from experienced practitioners as part of ongoing training

• A patient, encouraging and flexible mindset
• Experience or interest in communication support
• A desire to learn specialist approaches (training given)
• Teamwork and positive attitude

• Structured development opportunities
• Specialist training in communication strategies
• Rewarding day-to-day impact on pupil progress

Kickstart your specialist TA career here!

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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