Job Description

Teaching Assistant Level B - SEMH

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Posted on 13 June 2025
Salary 19,762 - 20,080 (Actual) Contract Term Time - Permanent Closing Date Apply by 30 June 2025

Location

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Hove Park School and Sixth Form, Hove






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Job Summary

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Job reference orbis/TP/489/45223
Positions available 1
Working hours 30.4
Closing date 30 June 2025
Job category Support Staff - Education
Organisation Brighton & Hove City Council
Directorate BHCC: External

Job introduction

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Post Title: Teaching Assistant Level B - SEMH

Salary & Grade NJC Scale 4a (SP 9-10) 19,762 - 20,080 (Actual)


Contract Type Part-time, term-time only, 47.36 paid weeks per year


Contract Term Permanent


Contract Hours 30.4 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:25 am to 3:15 pm (45-minute unpaid break per day)


Commencing September 2025


The SEND department at Hove Park School is looking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistant to join our SEND team to support students with SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) needs.


As an experienced Teaching Assistant in this area, you will possess a commitment for inclusion, a passion for overcoming barriers to learning and a belief that through working with children and young people we can maximise their potential to lead happy, healthy and fulfilled lives. You will show initiative, good communication skills and an aptitude for supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities.


We operate a system of key workers, where a member of the team has a small group of students for whom they are the main SEND point of contact and we try to get to know the whole student and establish a positive, productive working relationship. Staff will lead and attend PEP meetings for students and liaise closely with teachers regarding support strategies.


The successful candidate will understand that ASC is a spectrum, meaning that the needs of individuals are also on a spectrum and will not be identical.


Also, desirable will be relevant experience in supporting students with a range of needs including: ASC, (Autism and Social Communication difficulties), speech and Language needs, SpLD (Dyslexia/Dyspraxia) and English as an Additional Language (EAL).

Deadline for Applications: Monday, 30th June 2025 at 8:00 am

Interview date: w/c 14th July 2025

About the role

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Hove Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.


Hove Park School celebrates diversity and welcomes applications from all areas of our community as we aim to have a staff body that is representative of our socially, culturally and ethnically diverse student population.


We are committed to the progression of the individual and therefore to support this position we will provide relevant in-house and certified training to help you develop and achieve success in this role.



We take the wellbeing of our staff seriously and offer many staff benefits such as an onsite gym, cycle to work scheme, local government pension scheme as well as other initiatives developed by our wellbeing team.


Applications for this vacancy must be received by 8:00 am on Monday 30th June 2025.


Please take time to read this application pack and explore our website (www.hovepark.org.uk) to get a feel for Hove Park School and its community. If you have the passion and ambition to help the school make a difference in this role and feel you are a good fit, please consider applying.


Please note that CVs cannot be accepted and that Hove Park School is committed to promoting the safeguarding and welfare of our students. We also expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

How to apply

: To apply, please submit a completed Support Staff application form to recruitment@hovepark.org.uk. This can be downloaded from our website at https://www.hovepark.org.uk/vacancies.

Telephone

: (01273) 082828

Website

: www.hovepark.org.uk/vacancies

Additional information

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Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

Company information

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The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.


Brighton & Hove Schools do not accept CV or resume.