Connex - North East
SEND Teaching Assistant – Stockton-On-Tees £500 per week | Full-time | September 2025 start
About the role
Connex Education seeks a dedicated SEND Teaching Assistant for a pupil referral unit in Teesside. You’ll support Key Stage 3 & 4 pupils with special educational needs who are at risk of exclusion from mainstream schools.
About the School/Organisation:
- Support vulnerable students with learning difficulties and SEMH needs
- Work with pupils who have EHCPs to help them achieve their goals
- Prevent educational exclusion through targeted intervention
- Make a real difference during critical stages of young people’s education
Assignment Details:
- Experience working with young people with diverse SEN
- Resilience and passion for transforming lives
- Commitment to supporting at-risk students
- Based in Teesside or nearby areas
In return, Connex Education Partnership will offer you:
- Competitive daily rate
- PAYE paid weekly
- Free access to our accredited CPD platform
- Career progression opportunities via our conversion
- courses
- Wellbeing programme and refresher training for life in a 21st century classroom
- Trainee teacher apprenticeship opportunities
As a successful SEND Teaching Assistant with Connex Education Partnership, you will possess:
- Hold a relevant Qualification in SEND or Teaching Assistant
- Have experience working with individuals with SEN
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Confident in your behaviour management skills
- Calm, resilient and able to communicate well with young people
- Hold a current DBS on the update service or willing to apply for a new one through Connex
- Team Teach trained- preferred
- Be able to show proof of work in the UK
If you are interested or would like to discuss more supply opportunities with hundreds of local schools, please apply today!
All offers are conditional upon satisfactory background checks, including a DBS check. All appointments will be made subject to a DBS check. Connex Education Partnership is committed to a policy of equal opportunities. We respect and value cultural and religious diversity and will not discriminate based on age, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, religion, culture, marital status or disability. Everyone is assessed on merit alone. Pay rate is determined on qualification and experience.
Connex Education Partnership is an employment agency and employment business.
This is your chance to support some of the most vulnerable students in education, helping them succeed when they need it most.
Ready to make a difference? Apply today.
