Higher Level Teaching Assistant – Secure Children’s Unit
Location: Morpeth
Job Type: Full-Time
Start Date: ASAP / September 2026
Pay: Dependent on experience
Are you an experienced HLTA, Teaching Assistant or education professional looking for a role where your work can make a genuine difference?
Protocol Education is recruiting for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to work within a secure children’s unit in Morpeth, supporting young people who may have experienced significant challenges in their lives and education.
This is a rewarding role for someone who can build positive relationships, remain calm in challenging situations and provide consistent support to young people who may find education difficult.
The Role
As an HLTA, you will support the delivery of engaging and accessible learning, working alongside teaching staff and the wider team to help young people develop academically, socially and personally.
Your responsibilities may include:
- Supporting and delivering lessons and learning activities
- Working with individuals and small groups
- Adapting activities to meet individual learning needs
- Supporting young people with behaviour and emotional regulation
- Building positive, professional relationships
- Encouraging engagement and participation in education
- Maintaining clear boundaries and expectations
- Supporting safeguarding procedures
- Working closely with teachers and other professionals
- Providing consistent support within a structured environment
About You
We are looking for someone who is:
- Experienced as an HLTA, TA, LSA, youth worker or similar
- Confident supporting young people with challenging behaviour
- Calm, patient and emotionally resilient
- Able to establish positive professional relationships
- Confident managing difficult situations appropriately
- Consistent with boundaries and expectations
- Passionate about helping young people make progress
- Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
Experience within SEMH, PRU, alternative provision, residential care, secure settings or specialist education would be beneficial.
Why Protocol Education?
- Competitive daily rates
- Dedicated consultant support
- Access to CPD and training
- Opportunities for long-term and permanent positions
- Experience within specialist education settings
- Weekly PAYE pay
- Support throughout your placement
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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Contact Details:
Protocol Education Limited Recruitment Team
