Behaviour Support Teaching Assistant – Full-Time

Location: Sunderland
Pay: £90–£110 per day
Contract: Full-Time

This Behaviour Support TA role is based in a specialist setting supporting pupils who have struggled in mainstream education.

You’ll work with young people who need structure, boundaries and adults they can trust. Progress may be gradual, but it is meaningful.

Key responsibilities:
• Supporting pupils with emotional and behavioural needs
• Helping manage challenging behaviour using positive strategies
• Supporting pupils during lessons and unstructured times
• Encouraging emotional regulation and reflection
• Being a consistent, reliable presence each day

Ideal for someone with experience in SEN, youth work, care or behaviour support.

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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