Job Title: Special Educational Needs Teaching Assistants – SEND Support
Location: Leeds
Start Date: ASAP ️
Contract: Full-time contracts, term-time only
✨ SEN Teaching Assistant – Make a Difference Every Day ✨
Do you have experience supporting children or young people with special educational needs? Whether that’s in a specialist school, through personal experience, or in another care or support setting, we’d love to hear from you
We’re looking for compassionate and reliable SEN Teaching Assistants to join SEND schools across Leeds. From autism provisions to SEMH settings and specialist developmental centres, we’ll match you with the type of environment where you can thrive. Full-time availability is essential so pupils get the consistency they deserve.
If you’re someone who can bring calm, encouragement and a big heart into the classroom, this could be the perfect role for you
What you’ll be doing
✅ Supporting children and young people with a range of SEND needs including autism, ADHD, social and emotional challenges, physical needs and learning difficulties
✅ Providing 1:1 support or small group interventions to help pupils feel safe, understood and ready to learn
✅ Creating a nurturing, calm and predictable learning environment
✅ Working closely with teachers, therapists, SENCOs and key staff to follow support plans
✅ Bringing patience, empathy and positivity into every day
What we’re looking for
Experience working with children or young people with SEND in any setting, such as schools, youth work, care, personal or voluntary roles
A calm, resilient and supportive approach
Strong communication skills and the ability to build trust quickly
Full-time availability, reliability and a real drive to make a difference
Why join Protocol Education?
✨ Weekly pay through PAYE with no umbrella companies
✨ FREE access to our CPD Academy, including specialist SEND training
✨ Personalised support from a dedicated SEN consultant
✨ Opportunities across SEND, alternative provisions and specialist support units
✨ Referral rewards when you recommend a friend
At Protocol Education, we know SEN staff are the steady hands and calm voices that keep a school moving. SEND settings value the difference you make, and so do we
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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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