Job Title: SEMH Primary Teaching Assistant
Location: Northumberland
Start Date: September 2025 (or sooner)
Job Type: Full-Time, Term Time Only
Salary: £89–£108 per day (dependent on experience and qualifications)
Got a calm head, a kind heart, and a knack for helping children feel safe and seen?
This could be your calling.
We’re working with several specialist SEMH primary provisions across Northumberland that are on the lookout for nurturing, resilient, and consistent Teaching Assistants to join their teams. These schools support children who’ve often faced tough starts—whether that’s trauma, unmet needs, or challenges in mainstream settings.
They need trusted adults who can be a steady presence. Who listen without judgement. Who show up and stick around.
The Role:
1. Supporting pupils 1:1 or in small groups with SEMH and additional needs
2. Building strong, trusting relationships to boost emotional regulation and classroom engagement
3. Assisting teachers with delivering adapted lessons and meaningful routines
4. Supporting behaviour positively using relational, trauma-informed approaches
5. Helping create a safe, inclusive space where every child feels they belong
The right person will:
6. Have experience with children or young people with SEMH, autism, or additional needs (in schools, care, or similar settings)
7. Bring strong communication and behaviour support skills
8. Be calm, consistent, and unshakeably patient
9. Understand (or be keen to learn about) trauma-informed and restorative practices
10. Hold an Enhanced DBS on the Update Service (or be happy to apply for one)
Why join Protocol Education?
11. Competitive weekly pay (£89–£108) with no umbrella company deductions
12. Free CPD including Thrive and trauma-informed practice training
13. A local consultant who gets SEMH settings and will support you throughout
14. Real career progression into longer-term or permanent roles
15. Ongoing wellbeing support—because you can’t pour from an empty cup
If you're ready to help children feel safe enough to learn and supported enough to grow, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today or get in touch to chat about SEMH roles across Northumberland.
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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