We’re supporting a specialist school in Durham who are looking for a calm, confident 1:1 Behaviour Support Assistant to work closely with a pupil who needs consistency, patience, and a trusted adult by their side.This role is all about relationships. You’ll be supporting emotional regulation, positive behaviour, and day-to-day learning, helping the pupil feel safe, understood, and ready to engage.You’ll be great for this role if you: Have experience with behavioural needs, SEND, SEMH, or trauma-informed support Stay calm when things feel challenging and don’t take behaviour personally Are patient, resilient, and genuinely care about making a difference Enjoy working 1:1 and being that steady presence in the classroom School-based experience is ideal, but we also welcome candidates from care, youth work, mentoring, or support backgrounds.What’s on offer: Full-time, long-term opportunity Supportive specialist setting with clear routines Weekly PAYE pay Ongoing CPD and training Not Thrive trained yet? No problem. We offer FREE Thrive training, giving you practical tools to support emotional wellbeing and behaviour, and boosting your appeal to specialist schools.If you’re available now and looking for a role where your impact really matters, we’d love to chat.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.