Not every student needs someone to have all the answers.

Sometimes, they just need someone who listens, understands, and shows up every day ready to help them succeed.

We're looking for Learning Support Assistants to join specialist SEMH schools and alternative provisions across Bath, supporting pupils who may be facing social, emotional, and mental health challenges.

These are roles where patience matters, relationships come first, and the smallest breakthroughs can feel like the biggest victories.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs
• Building positive relationships that help pupils feel safe, supported, and understood
• Providing one-to-one and small group support throughout the school day
• Encouraging engagement, confidence, and independence in learning
• Supporting behaviour strategies and emotional regulation
• Working alongside teachers, pastoral teams, and specialist staff to help pupils thrive

We'd love to hear from you if you:

• Have experience working with children, young people, or vulnerable adults
• Are calm, empathetic, and resilient
• Understand that every behaviour tells a story
• Can build trust and positive relationships quickly
• Have experience in education, youth work, residential care, coaching, mentoring, support work, or similar settings

Why join Protocol Education?

• Weekly PAYE pay, no umbrella company deductions
• FREE access to our online CPD Academy
• Ongoing support from a dedicated consultant
• Opportunities across SEND, SEMH, and alternative education settings
• Local placements that match your skills and career goals
• Referral rewards when you recommend friends and colleagues

Thrive Trained?

Many of the schools we work with are looking for staff who understand emotional development and trauma-informed practice.

Already Thrive trained? Fantastic, make sure you tell us.

Not yet? No problem. Protocol Education offers FREE Thrive training, helping you develop valuable skills that schools across Bath are actively looking for.

Looking for a role that really matters?

This is more than a support role.

It's being the reassuring face at the start of a difficult day. The calm voice during a challenging moment. The person who helps a young person realise they're capable of more than they thought possible.

If that sounds like your kind of role, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help make every school day a little brighter for the young people who need it most.

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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