Senior SEMH Teaching Assistant | Progress Your Career

Are you an experienced SEMH Teaching Assistant looking for the next challenge?

Protocol Education has an exciting opportunity within a specialist Gateshead setting for a strong behaviour practitioner ready to take on additional responsibilities and develop their career.

In This Role, You Will:

Support pupils with complex SEMH needs
Deliver interventions that improve outcomes
Encourage positive behaviour and engagement
Monitor progress and maintain detailed records
Contribute to reports and review meetings
Support planning and delivery of targeted support programmes

This role offers genuine opportunities to develop leadership skills, with responsibilities often associated with HLTA-level positions.

We're Looking For:

Significant SEMH or behaviour support experience
Strong literacy and report-writing skills
Excellent organisation and communication
Confidence managing challenging behaviour
A positive and solution-focused mindset

What You'll Receive:

£105–£125 per day
Weekly PAYE payments
Specialist SEND and SEMH training
Ongoing support from a dedicated consultant
Clear progression opportunities
£50 Refer a Friend bonus

Take the next step in your education career and apply today.

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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