Trainee SEN Teaching Assistant

Are you looking for a new career? Have you ever thought of working with children?

This school is open to a trainee with the right personality and mindset.

You must be:

• Calm and resilient
• Open to coaching and feedback
• Confident communicating with children
• Reliable and consistent
• Comfortable supporting personal care if required

They value potential over perfection.

You will support pupils aged 4–11 with autism, SEMH and communication needs.

You will:

• Shadow experienced SEN staff initially
• Support sensory breaks
• Help with literacy and numeracy tasks
• Reinforce behaviour expectations
• Assist with structured play and social skills

Pupils leave at 3:30pm. Staff remain until 4:00pm for reflection and learning.

• Predictable routines
• Clear expectations
• Supportive staff culture
• Rare physical intervention

Experience is desirable but not required.

Candidates may be appointed on a trainee TA scale depending on background. Full mentoring and ongoing training provided.

Ideal for graduates in Psychology, Education or Health & Social Care. If you are interested, apply today!

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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