Mental Health Support Assistant - Psychology Graduate
Location: Bletchley
Salary Scale: £450-£500 per week
Start date: ASAP or May depending on your availability.
Contract type: Long Term Contract, 5 days a week, 8:30 - 16:30
The Special Education Needs LSA (Learning Support Assistant) opportunity is ideal for those aspiring to have a career focused on Counselling, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Criminal, Social or Youth Justice, or elements of social care.
Can you demonstrate the value of education to your students while building substantial relationships and keeping them safe?
This role is suitable for candidates looking to build on personal or already gained experiences of mental health and SEN. It's vital you can qualify and disqualify roles for yourself.
This is a great opportunity for a graduate with objectives within Social Justice, Parole, Probation, and the Criminal Justice system, especially in advocacy for mental health needs.
This position is perfect for someone seeking hands-on experience working with social, emotional, and mental health needs. If you're looking for a career in youth work, this opportunity is not to be missed.
The Alternative Provision is situated in Bletchley, supporting boys and girls with a range of additional needs associated with social, emotional, and mental health challenges. It is a larger Primary and Secondary provision, with over 50 students aged 5-19.
The school offers a restorative, therapeutic approach to education and behaviour management, engaging children in key and personal skills, giving them skills they can use in and out of school.
As a Learning Support Assistant, you will be working in classes of 3-6 pupils with a staff-to-student ratio of 1:1.
What is required?
1. An Undergraduate Degree (preferable) and/or previous SEN experience, ideal for Criminology and Psychology Graduates.
2. Experience working with and observing how mental health and Autism affects girls compared to boys, points often overlooked.
3. Good general education levels in English and Maths, with a grade of 5 and above desired.
4. A real focus on outside interests that diversify away from core subjects, building key and personal skills - Sport, Cooking, Coding, Dance, Hair Dressing, Photography.
5. Knowledge, keen interest, or understanding of the range of different types of learning and behavioural needs (SEMH elements of the provision).
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