New to education? We've got a brilliant SEND role for you in Sunderland
Looking to make a difference—but don’t have classroom experience yet?
Whether you’ve worked in care, supported someone with SEND personally, or just have a genuine passion for helping others thrive, we want to hear from you.
Protocol Education is on the lookout for caring, calm, and reliable people to support children with special educational needs in a specialist setting in Sunderland.
What the role involves:
1. Supporting pupils with needs such as autism, SEMH (social, emotional, and mental health), or complex learning difficulties
2. Building trust and creating calm learning environments
3. Working closely with teachers, therapists, and other support staff
4. Full-time hours: 8:30am to 3:30pm, Monday to Friday
You don’t need to have worked in a school before—we’ll help you get classroom ready. What matters most is your mindset: patience, empathy, and a real desire to support.
Not Thrive trained yet? We offer free training to help you stand out to schools and boost your skills in emotional wellbeing support.
Why join Protocol Education?
5. Weekly pay through PAYE (no umbrella faff)
6. FREE access to our online CPD Academy
7. Loads of roles in mainstream and specialist settings
Ready to start something meaningful?
Apply now or drop us a message—let’s chat about how this could work for you.
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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