SEN Teaching Assistant

Location: Bristol
Contract: Full-time or part-time, long-term opportunities available
Start Date: September 2026 

Looking for a role where every day makes a difference?

Some of the biggest wins in a classroom don't come with applause. They're the small moments. A child joining in for the first time. A smile after a tricky morning. A breakthrough that only happens because someone believed in them.

If that sounds like the kind of difference you want to make, we'd love to hear from you.

We're working with welcoming primary, secondary and specialist schools across Bristol looking for caring, patient, and enthusiastic SEN Teaching Assistants to support pupils with a range of additional needs, including autism, ADHD, speech and language needs, and social, emotional and mental health needs.

Whether you've worked in education, care, youth work, or have personal experience supporting someone with additional needs, your skills could be exactly what our schools are looking for.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting pupils on a 1:1 basis and in small groups
• Helping children access learning in ways that suit their individual needs
• Building confidence, independence, and positive relationships
• Working alongside teachers, SENCOs, and other professionals
• Creating a safe, supportive, and inclusive learning environment

We'd love to hear from you if you

• Have experience working with children, young people, or vulnerable adults
• Have experience supporting individuals with SEND, or transferable skills from care or support work
• Are patient, empathetic, and resilient
• Enjoy working as part of a team and making a positive impact every day

Why join Protocol Education?

• Weekly PAYE pay, no umbrella companies
• FREE access to our online CPD Academy
• Personalised support from a dedicated consultant
• Opportunities across mainstream, SEND, and specialist settings
• Streamlined registration and local bookings
• Referral scheme, earn rewards for recommending friends

Not Thrive trained? No worries. Ask us about our FREE Thrive training, designed to help you support children's emotional wellbeing while making your CV even more appealing to schools.

If you're ready for a role where every day brings new challenges, real rewards, and the chance to change a child's school experience for the better, we'd love to hear from you.

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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