Job Title: SEN Teaching Assistant

Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Salary: Pay to scale
Contract: Full-time | Long-term | Term-time only

Make every day meaningful in the classroom

If you’re patient, compassionate, and love helping children find their spark, you’ll fit right in here.

Protocol Education are looking for dedicated SEN Teaching Assistants to support pupils with special educational needs across schools in Wakefield. Whether you’re experienced in SEND, working towards a career in education, or simply passionate about helping young people thrive, we want to hear from you.

About the Role

You’ll be part of a warm, supportive team providing tailored support to pupils who need a little extra care to reach their full potential.

Your day might include:

• Supporting students with autism, ADHD, speech and language difficulties, or social-emotional needs

• Working 1:1 or in small groups to help children access learning and build confidence

• Assisting teachers with classroom routines, resources, and activities

• Creating a safe, structured, and encouraging learning environment

• Celebrating progress – every smile, step, and small victory counts!

About You

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Have experience working with children or adults with additional needs (school, care, or youth work backgrounds all welcome)

• Are calm, reliable, and great at building relationships

• Can follow support plans and take initiative in the classroom

• Have a genuine passion for supporting every child’s right to learn and succeed

A DBS on the Update Service is ideal, but we can help with that if needed.

Why Work with Protocol Education?

We make your teaching assistant journey simple and rewarding. You’ll get:

• Weekly pay through PAYE – no umbrella companies or hidden fees

• FREE access to our CPD training academy, including SEN and behaviour management courses

• Personal support from your dedicated consultant, who knows the Wakefield schools inside out

• Opportunities across mainstream, SEND, and alternative provision settings

• A referral scheme – earn rewards by referring your friends to join us

• Streamlined registration and quick placements that suit your needs

Thrive Training – Stand Out to Schools!

Not Thrive trained yet? No problem. We offer FREE Thrive Approach training to help you support children’s social and emotional wellbeing. It’s a brilliant way to develop your skills and make your profile shine.

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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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