Someone who can stay calm when emotions run high. Someone who sees beyond the behaviour and understands the person underneath.
If you've worked as a Youth Worker, Support Worker, Behaviour Mentor, Sports Coach, Care Worker, or in a similar role supporting young people, your experience could make a life-changing difference in an SEN or SEMH school.
What you'll be doing
You'll be supporting children and young people with a range of additional needs, including:
Autism (ASC)
ADHD
Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs
Speech and Language difficulties
Moderate and Severe Learning Difficulties
No two days are the same, but you'll spend your time building relationships, encouraging engagement, celebrating small wins, and helping pupils feel safe, understood and ready to learn.
Why this role suits Youth Workers
You've already developed the skills schools value most:
✔ Building trust with young people
✔ Managing challenging behaviour positively
✔ Supporting emotional regulation
✔ Remaining calm under pressure
✔ Creating meaningful connections
These skills can't be taught from a textbook. They're built through experience, and they're exactly what our schools are looking for.
The schools
We're working with a range of specialist SEN and SEMH settings where staff genuinely make a difference every day.
These schools support pupils who may have struggled in mainstream education and need patient, consistent adults who believe in their potential.
One good day can change a young person's outlook. One trusted adult can change their future.
What we're looking for
Experience supporting children, young people, or vulnerable adults
Youth work, care, coaching, mentoring, or support work experience is highly valued
A resilient, positive and empathetic approach
Strong communication and relationship-building skills
A genuine passion for helping young people succeed
What Protocol Education offers
Weekly PAYE pay, no umbrella company faff
FREE access to our online CPD Academy
Dedicated consultant support throughout your journey
Opportunities in SEN, SEMH and alternative provision settings
Long-term and permanent career opportunities
A straightforward registration process
Thrive trained?
Fantastic, schools love it.
Not yet? We offer FREE Thrive training, helping you develop valuable strategies to support children's emotional wellbeing and making your profile even more attractive to schools.
Ready to make a real impact?
If you're looking for a role where every day matters and every small breakthrough feels like a huge achievement, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and take the next step in your education career.
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.
Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website.
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.
Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website
Salary description
£14.25 - £14.61 per hour