Behaviour Support Teaching Assistant

Every child deserves the opportunity to thrive, and sometimes all it takes is the right person by their side.

Protocol Education is recruiting compassionate, resilient and proactive Behaviour Support Teaching Assistants to join welcoming primary schools across South London. You'll play a vital role in helping pupils develop confidence, emotional resilience and positive relationships, ensuring they can access learning and achieve their potential.

No two days are the same. Whether you're supporting a child on a 1:1 basis, helping pupils regulate their emotions, or encouraging positive behaviour within the classroom, you'll be making a genuine difference every single day.

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting pupils with behavioural, emotional and social needs in the classroom.
• Helping children understand and manage their emotions through consistent routines and positive reinforcement.
• Building trusting relationships that encourage confidence, independence and engagement.
• Working alongside teachers and SENCOs to implement personalised behaviour strategies.
• Creating a calm, safe and inclusive environment where pupils can flourish.
• Celebrating every achievement, no matter how small, and helping children develop skills for lifelong success.

We're Looking For Someone Who Is...

• Patient, calm and able to remain positive under pressure.
• Passionate about supporting children who need additional guidance.
• An excellent communicator with strong relationship-building skills.
• Resilient and confident managing challenging situations with empathy and professionalism.
• Experienced in schools, youth work, care, sports coaching, mentoring or similar child-focused environments (desirable but not essential).

Why Join Protocol Education?

• Weekly PAYE pay with competitive daily rates.
• Access to long-term and permanent opportunities.
• Ongoing CPD, including behaviour management and safeguarding training.
• Dedicated consultant providing personalised support throughout your placement.
• Opportunities to work in supportive schools where your contribution is genuinely valued.

If you're looking for a rewarding career where every day brings the opportunity to change a child's future, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help pupils build the confidence, resilience and skills they need to succeed.

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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