SEND Support Assistant / Trainee Teaching Assistant – Peterlee & Surrounding Areas Are you passionate about supporting children with special educational needs and ready to kick-start a career in education? Protocol Education is looking for enthusiastic SEND Support Assistants and Trainee Teaching Assistants to work across a range of schools in and around Peterlee. This is the perfect opportunity if you’re keen to make a difference in young people’s lives, gain classroom experience, and grow into a rewarding career in education. What you’ll be doing: Supporting pupils with a range of additional needs to achieve their best Working closely with class teachers to create a positive and inclusive learning environment Encouraging independence and building pupils’ confidence Assisting with classroom activities, behaviour support and one-to-one guidance Why join Protocol Education? Competitive rates of pay – weekly pay straight to your account Flexibility – choose the days that work for you Free training and ongoing CPD opportunities (so you can keep building your skills) A supportive consultant who’s just a phone call away Opportunity to gain hands-on experience and progress towards becoming a qualified Teaching Assistant or even a Teacher! Whether you’ve worked with children before, have personal experience supporting SEND, or are just starting your journey in education – we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and start your journey with Protocol Education, where every day you’ll be making a real difference. 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.