Job Description

SEMH Teaching Assistant

Summary

Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of children with additional needs? This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a highly inclusive team developing specialist SEMH provision within a special school. As a SEND Specialist Teaching Assistant, you'll play a vital part in helping children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs access education, develop resilience, and flourish both emotionally and academically.

What You'll Be Doing

Supporting pupils with SEMH needs, using strategies that promote self-regulation, resilience and emotional wellbeing Adapting resources and approaches to meet the needs of pupils with SEND and EAL, ensuring inclusive access to learning Encouraging positive behaviour and helping to maintain a calm, nurturing classroom environment Working collaboratively with teachers, the SENCO and wider staff team to support pupil progress Building strong, empathetic relationships with children from a variety of backgrounds

The Ideal Candidate

Has experience supporting children or young people with additional learning needs, particularly SEMH Understands the importance of inclusive practice and differentiated support Communicates clearly and confidently, both verbally and in writing Works well as part of a team, showing initiative and reliability Is calm, caring, flexible and motivated by the desire to see children succeed Holds an NVQ Level 3 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification/experience

The School

This mainstream school is committed to building a nurturing environment where every child can access the support they need. With a growing SEMH provision, the team is focused on inclusive practice, emotional wellbeing and providing consistent, high-quality support for pupils with complex needs.

Hours

Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 3.30pm. Open to both full-time and part-time applicants.

The Benefits

Competitive pay Ongoing training and professional development opportunities A supportive team and inclusive school community Long-term role with the potential to become permanent

Support Where It Matters Most

If you're committed to helping children with SEMH needs thrive, and ready to bring your skills into a classroom setting, we'd love to hear from you.

Safeguarding children is an integral part of what we do and we have a stringent safer recruitment process. We undertake checks on all the candidates we work with. As such we require a current Enhanced DBS Disclosure for everyone working in Schools. If you do not have a subscription to the DBS Update Service, you may be required to complete a new DBS application as part of the registration process. If you take a temporary role with Sense Education you will be paid on a weekly basis. All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position but long term. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary, Temp to perm

Pay: 14.00-16.00 per hour

Work Location: In person