Psychology Graduate Support Assistant
Location: South Shields
Pay: £90–£110 per day
Contract: Full-Time, Long-Term
Start Date: As soon as possible
We are seeking a Psychology Graduate Emotional Regulation Support Assistant to join a specialist education setting supporting children with social, emotional and mental health needs.
Many pupils in this setting experience difficulty managing emotions, anxiety or behaviour. Your role will be to provide consistent, calm and supportive guidance to help pupils feel safe and able to engage with learning.
Key responsibilities:
• Supporting pupils with emotional regulation throughout the school day
• Working 1:1 and in small groups to build coping strategies
• Supporting learning engagement within the classroom
• Helping pupils manage anxiety, frustration and emotional outbursts
• Supporting transitions and unstructured times
• Working closely with teaching, SEN and pastoral staff
This role is ideal for someone who:
• Holds a Psychology degree or related qualification
• Has an interest in child mental health or therapy
• Is patient, reflective and resilient
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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