SEND Support Assistant – Graduate Opportunity | Gateshead

Gain Real SEND Experience in a Primary School

Are you a graduate looking to build experience working with children with additional needs?

A supportive SEND primary school in Gateshead is recruiting a 1:1 SEND Support Assistant to work closely with a Year 1 pupil who requires additional support with behaviour and emotional regulation.

This role offers graduates the chance to gain valuable school-based experience while developing skills that could support a future career in education, psychology, SEND or children's services.

Your Responsibilities

Working alongside the class teacher, you'll provide consistent support to the pupil throughout the school day.

You'll help with:

• Accessing classroom learning
• 1:1 learning support
• Positive behaviour management
• Emotional regulation
• Social interaction
• Communication
• Building confidence
• Developing independence
• Engagement with activities
• Maintaining consistent routines

You'll become a trusted adult for the pupil and play an important role in helping them feel safe, supported and ready to learn.

Who Should Apply?

This opportunity would suit graduates with backgrounds including:

• Psychology
• Education
• Childhood Studies
• Sociology
• Criminology
• Health & Social Care

We're also interested in candidates with experience through childcare, tutoring, mentoring, volunteering, sports coaching or youth work.

You should be:

• Patient and compassionate
• Resilient and consistent
• Confident building relationships
• A strong communicator
• Enthusiastic about SEND
• Willing to learn

What You'll Gain

You'll develop practical experience in:

• SEND support
• Behaviour management
• Emotional regulation
• Child development
• Classroom practice
• Inclusive education
• Communication strategies

This experience can be particularly valuable if you're considering a future career in teaching, Educational Psychology, Child Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy or SEND.

What Protocol Education Offers

• Competitive daily rates
• Weekly PAYE payments
• Free CPD and training
• Dedicated education consultant
• Long-term opportunities
• Potential permanent roles
• Ongoing professional support

Apply today to begin your career supporting children with SEND.

Safeguarding

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants will be subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references in line with DfE guidance.

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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