Every behaviour tells a story. Help children write a new one.

If you've recently completed a Psychology degree and want to gain meaningful experience before progressing into Educational Psychology, Mental Health or Teaching, we'd love to hear from you.

We're supporting several specialist schools across Sunderland looking for Graduate Teaching Assistants to support pupils with SEMH, Autism, ADHD and complex additional needs.

Working pattern

• September start
• Monday-Friday
• 8:30am-3:30pm or 8:30am-4:30pm
• Term-time only
• Full-time

Duties

• Supporting behaviour and emotional wellbeing
• Building therapeutic relationships
• Assisting teachers with classroom activities
• Delivering small group interventions
• Supporting learning and social development
• Recording observations and progress

Ideal applicant

• Psychology graduate
• Interested in child psychology or mental health
• Calm under pressure
• Caring and empathetic
• Excellent communication skills

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Weekly pay
• FREE CPD
• Specialist SEND consultant
• Long-term opportunities

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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