SEN Teaching Assistant

Start: ASAP | ⏰ Full Time 32.5 hrs per week average | Pay depends on your skills & quals

Be the one they remember.
The calm voice. The steady presence. The person who makes school feel like a safe place again.

We’re looking for Behaviour & Inclusion Support legends to join a specialist setting in North Bradford (Shipley, Bingley and Keighley area) a place where young people who’ve been excluded, unwell, or let down by mainstream get another shot.

The Role:
Support students in KS3 & KS4 who are finding their feet in a new environment
Work 1:1 or in tight-knit groups—whatever helps them settle
Help kids who communicate differently or need structure to feel seen and heard
Stay cool when things get heated, and show them there’s always someone in their corner

You’ll thrive here if you:

• Don’t flinch when chaos kicks off you’ve got calm on lock

• Get that behaviour’s never random, and there’s always a reason

• Want to make school feel like a fresh start, not another let-down

To get started, you’ll need:

• A DBS on the update service (or be up for getting one with us)

• Two recent references

• A big heart, solid boundaries, and a head for safeguarding

Why roll with Protocol?

• Weekly PAYE pay no umbrella faff or mystery deductions like the cash machine that takes of a couple of quid when you get a tenner out!

• FREE training (inc. Thrive if you don’t have it, we’ll sort you out)

• Proper consultant support we’ve been in the classroom too

• Roles where you’re part of the team, not just covering a shift

This isn’t just a job. It’s a chance to change the game for someone who really needs it.

Sound like your kind of role?
Hit apply or drop us a message we’ll chat it through.

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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