Are you calm under pressure, resilient, and passionate about supporting young people who need consistency and understanding?

We are recruiting a dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant to support pupils within a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) in South Shields.

This setting supports pupils who may have experienced barriers to mainstream education, including SEMH needs, trauma, ADHD, autism, attachment difficulties, and challenging behaviour.

The successful candidate will build strong, trusting relationships with pupils and support them both academically and emotionally.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting pupils on a 1:1 and small-group basis
• Managing dysregulation and behaviour incidents calmly
• Using de-escalation and restorative approaches
• Supporting engagement in education
• Helping pupils develop emotional regulation and resilience

We are looking for someone who is:

• Patient and emotionally resilient
• Consistent with boundaries
• Confident managing challenging behaviour
• Passionate about improving life outcomes

This is an incredibly rewarding opportunity to positively impact vulnerable 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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