Secondary, SEMH and SEN Teaching Assistants – Stroud
Full time, Monday to Friday, to
Looking for a role where you can genuinely make someone’s day a little brighter? Schools across Stroud are on the lookout for brilliant Teaching Assistants to support students in secondary, SEMH and SEN settings. If you’ve ever worked in care, youth work, social support or anything that involves helping young people feel safe and understood, you’re already halfway there.
No school experience? Not a problem. What matters most is your calm approach, your empathy and your ability to show up for students who really need someone steady in their corner.
What the role looks like
1. Supporting students who find school that bit tougher
2. Helping them build routines, confidence and positive relationships
3. Working closely with teachers, therapists and pastoral teams
4. Creating a space where learning actually feels possible
5. Being that reassuring presence on the days when everything feels big
Who this suits
6. Graduates thinking about teaching in the future
7. People with experience in youth work, mentoring, coaching or care
8. Anyone who loves helping others grow
9. Educators looking for a new challenge that genuinely changes lives
Hours
Full time, Monday to Friday, usually to A solid routine without the late nights.
Why join Protocol Education
10. Weekly PAYE pay, no umbrella drama
11. Free online CPD Academy to keep your skills growing
12. A supportive consultant who knows Stroud’s schools well
13. Options across mainstream, SEND and SEMH settings
14. Quick, friendly registration
15. Referral rewards if you know someone else who’d thrive here
A quick question too, because it makes a real difference. Are you Thrive trained? If not, we’ll help you access free Thrive training through Protocol Education, which schools love and which gives you even more confidence in supporting emotional needs.
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 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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