1:1 SEN Teaching Assistant – Gateshead

Protocol Education is recruiting a caring and enthusiastic 1:1 SEN Teaching Assistant to join a specialist SEN school in Gateshead. This rewarding role involves supporting a pupil with complex additional needs, helping them access learning and achieve their individual goals.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing dedicated 1:1 classroom support.
• Supporting the pupil to meet EHCP outcomes.
• Encouraging communication, independence, and emotional regulation.
• Recording daily progress and sharing observations with the wider team.
• Working closely with teachers, therapists, and families.

We're looking for someone who:

• Has experience working with children or young people with SEND (preferred).
• Is patient, resilient, and nurturing.
• Builds positive relationships with pupils.
• Has excellent communication and observation skills.

If you're passionate about helping children overcome barriers to learning, 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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