Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant

Gain The Experience Future Employers Want

Are you a Psychology Graduate looking to gain direct experience working with children and young people?

Protocol Education is recruiting Psychology Graduates to support students across Primary, Secondary and SEND schools.

This opportunity is ideal for graduates considering careers in:

Educational Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Child Psychology
Teaching
Speech and Language Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Mental Health Services

The Role

As a Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant, you'll work closely with pupils who require additional support to access learning and achieve success.

You will gain experience supporting:

Autism (ASC)
ADHD
SEMH
Anxiety
Communication needs
Learning difficulties

What You'll Be Doing

Providing one-to-one support
Delivering small group interventions
Supporting emotional wellbeing
Monitoring pupil progress
Promoting positive learning behaviours
Building meaningful relationships with students

Why Join Protocol Education?

✅ Practical classroom experience

✅ Specialist SEND experience

✅ Ongoing training and development

✅ Flexible work opportunities

✅ A pathway into specialist careers

Take the first step towards a rewarding career supporting young people.

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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