Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant in Sunderland

Location: Sunderland
Hours: Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm | Tuesday to Thursday 8:30am - 4:00pm | Friday 8:30am - 3:30pm
Contract: Full-Time

Have you recently completed a Psychology degree and are looking to gain valuable experience within education?

We are currently recruiting a Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant to support students within a specialist educational setting in Sunderland. This role is ideal for graduates considering careers in Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Teaching, Counselling, or Youth Work.

Unlike traditional pastoral positions, this role is heavily focused on supporting students within their learning. Approximately 90% of your time will be spent re-engaging students with education, supporting their classroom work, and helping them achieve academic success.

• Supporting students during lessons across a range of subjects
• Encouraging engagement with learning activities
• Building positive and professional relationships with pupils
• Working with students who may have become disengaged from education
• Supporting students on a 1:1 and small-group basis
• Helping pupils develop confidence and independence
• Recording progression and feeding back to teaching staff

• Psychology Degree or related subject
• GCSE Maths and English Grade C/4 or above
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Positive and resilient attitude
• Genuine passion for supporting young people

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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