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Special Needs Teaching Assistant
Job Posted: 2 days ago
Salary: £ 450 - 500 /
Job Type: Contract
Location: Wakefield
Expire in: a month
Job Description
ROLE: Special Educational Needs Teaching Assistant
LOCATION: Leeds/Wakefield
Start Date: ASAP or September 2025
Are you a graduate looking to work gain experience working with young people to support your career progression? Are you striving to become a Teacher, Educational or Child Psychologist, Counsellor or SEND Co-Ordinator?
Protocol Education are recruiting for two secondary schools who require teaching assistants to join their special educational needs department. We are looking for dedicated individuals who are passionate and enthusiastic about supporting young people!
This post will involve supporting students from aged 11 years – 16 years, with a range of special educational needs, including Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Speech and Communication needs, Behavioural-Emotional and Social difficulties.
The ideal candidate will have experience supporting young people with special educational needs. Teaching assistant level 3 qualifications are ideal, but not essential. The school will provide training for the successful applicants.
Contract Details:
Start date – ASAP or September 2025.
Full time role (Monday – Friday).
Working hours 8:15am – 3:15pm.
Term time only – in line with the local authority academic calendar.
16 weeks of holiday per annum.
Benefits of working for Protocol Education:
Continued professional development courses offered all year round.
A dedicated educational consultant offering career and personal support.
Refer a friend scheme, with monetary reward.
A competitive salary.
Flexibility of work.
If you want to make a difference and support children and young people in an education setting, APPLY NOW or email your CV to .
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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