SEN Teaching Assistant – Croydon

Location: Croydon
Contract Type: Full-time / Long-term
Pay: £85 – £100 per day (dependent on experience)
️ Start Date: ASAP / Ongoing

About the Role:
Protocol Education is seeking a compassionate and dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant to support students with special educational needs in mainstream and specialist schools across Croydon. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about helping children reach their full potential in a supportive and inclusive learning environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide one-to-one and small group support for pupils with SEN, including ASD, ADHD, SEMH, and MLD.

• Assist class teachers in implementing individual education plans (IEPs).

• Support students’ emotional, social, and academic development.

• Help create an engaging and safe classroom environment.

• Work collaboratively with teachers, parents, and outside professionals.

Requirements:

• Previous experience supporting children or young people with SEN (in a school or care setting).

• A positive, patient, and proactive attitude.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• An enhanced DBS on the Update Service (or willingness to apply through Protocol Education).

What Protocol Education Offers:

• Competitive daily pay rates.

• Free continued professional development (CPD) and training opportunities.

• Support from a dedicated consultant throughout your placement.

• Opportunities to work in a range of supportive schools in Croydon.

Interested?
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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 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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