Psychology & Criminology Graduate | Behaviour Teaching Assistant | Gateshead

Location: Gateshead
Job Type: Full Time, Term Time Only
Start Date: As soon as available
Hours: Monday–Friday, school hours
Pay: £98–£120 per day, depending on experience

Interested in Behaviour? Start Your Career Here.

Are you a Psychology or Criminology graduate interested in behaviour, young people, mental health or youth services?

Protocol Education are recruiting a Graduate Teaching Assistant to support pupils within a Gateshead school.

This role would allow you to develop practical experience while using knowledge from your degree to understand and support young people.

The Role

You will support pupils who may experience barriers to learning, helping them:

• Engage positively with education
• Manage emotions
• Develop confidence
• Build positive relationships
• Improve communication
• Develop independence
• Understand boundaries and expectations
• Re-engage with learning

You will work alongside teachers and pastoral staff, providing 1:1 and small-group support where required.

Your Degree Could Be Relevant If You Have Studied

• Psychology
• Criminology
• Forensic Psychology
• Sociology
• Youth Studies
• Childhood Studies
• Social Sciences

We Want Someone Who Is

• Calm and patient
• Confident around young people
• Naturally curious and observant
• Resilient
• Approachable
• A good communicator
• Keen to gain practical experience

School experience is not essential.

Future Career Paths

This experience could be particularly useful if you're considering Educational Psychology, Youth Justice, Teaching, Mental Health, Social Work, Behaviour Support or SEND.

Protocol Education

• Competitive daily pay
• Weekly PAYE payments
• FREE CPD and online training
• Dedicated education consultant
• Ongoing support
• Long-term and permanent opportunities
• £50 Refer a Friend bonus

If you're a Psychology or Criminology graduate looking for your next step, 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.

Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website.