Job Description:

Are you a Criminology graduate looking to gain practical experience before a career in Youth Justice, Probation, Policing, Social Work, Educational Psychology or Teaching?

Protocol Education is recruiting motivated Criminology Graduates to support students in a successful secondary school in Ashington, Northumberland. This is an exciting opportunity to use your understanding of behaviour, safeguarding and the social factors that influence young people's lives while making a genuine difference every day.

Ashington, Northumberland
£92.63 - £108.00 per day (PAYE)
Full-Time | September Start | Long-Term Opportunity

As a Criminology Graduate, you may work as a:

• Behaviour Support Assistant
• Learning Mentor
• Pastoral Support Assistant
• SEMH Support Assistant
• SEND Teaching Assistant
• Inclusion Support Assistant
• Student Intervention Mentor

You'll gain invaluable experience by:

• Supporting students on a one-to-one and small-group basis.
• Helping young people regulate emotions and make positive choices.
• Working with students with SEMH needs, Autism (ASC), ADHD and additional learning needs.
• Supporting behaviour management using positive and restorative approaches.
• Building trusting relationships that encourage confidence, resilience and engagement.
• Working alongside teachers, pastoral teams and SEND professionals.
• Promoting positive attitudes towards learning and school life.

Every day presents new challenges and opportunities to positively influence a young person's future.

• Gain outstanding experience before careers in policing, probation or youth justice.
• Build practical skills in behaviour management and safeguarding.
• Develop experience highly valued by postgraduate courses and employers.
• Work in a supportive secondary school environment.
• Access excellent CPD and specialist SEND training.
• Long-term opportunities with the potential to secure a permanent school position.

• A degree in Criminology (or a related subject).
• A genuine passion for supporting young people.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Calm, resilient and confident individuals.
• Positive role models who can build excellent relationships.
• A proactive and professional approach.
• Previous experience working with young people is desirable but not essential.

Whether you've volunteered, coached sports, mentored, worked in customer service or supported young people in another setting, we'd love to hear from you.

• £92.63 - £108.00 per day (PAYE only)
• Weekly pay
• No umbrella companies
• FREE access to our CPD Academy
• FREE Thrive training through Protocol Education
• Flexible, long-term and permanent opportunities
• Dedicated consultant support throughout your placement

Many of our Criminology graduates go on to successful careers in Youth Justice, Policing, Probation, Social Work, Educational Psychology, Teaching and Behaviour Support, using the classroom experience they gained through Protocol Education as a springboard into their chosen profession.

If you're ready to make a real difference while building valuable experience for your future career, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today or get in touch for a confidential chat about the opportunities available.

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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