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Job Reference: 226953b3c2b8
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Posted: 22.01.2025
Expiry Date: 08.03.2025
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Behaviour and Mental Health Support
Teaching Assistant at Special School in Maidenhead for children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (Ages 3 to 18) – ASAP Start
Fantastic route for an aspiring Psychologist, Therapist or for someone looking to work in the Criminal Justice system.
A small specialist school for children aged 3 to 18 in Maidenhead is looking for a Behaviour and Mental Health Support Worker to support the social skills, emotional wellbeing, and mental health of the students within their school. The school provides an alternative education for children who have social & emotional difficulties such as anxiety and school refusal due to developmental trauma and adverse childhood experiences, as well as specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dyscalculia.
The Teaching Assistant/Mental Health Support Assistant will be working closely with trained professionals including Psychologists and Therapists and will have the opportunity to shadow their work.
* ASAP Start
* Behaviour and Mental Health Support
* Specialist School for Children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs
* £75-£80 per day
* Maidenhead
* Restorative Practice
* Shadow Psychologists and Therapists
* Child Mental Health Support Assistant
The school provides an alternative education for children who have social & emotional difficulties such as anxiety and school refusal due to developmental trauma and adverse childhood experiences, as well as specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dyscalculia. The Teaching Assistant will be supporting children who often feel confused, with low self-esteem, and disengaged from schooling. Your role as a Mental Health Support Assistant is to give them an education tailored to their individual needs, enabling and empowering them to understand that ‘great minds think differently’, to gain confidence in themselves, and progress their learning.
They are a progressive, compassionate, values-based school with a strong ethos and a highly skilled team who are passionate about what they do. Your priority as a Teaching Assistant/Mental Health Support Assistant will be the children’s social, emotional, and mental health development.
The Behaviour and Mental Health Support ideally will have a degree in a related field or experience working with young people. Many of the children have experienced trauma and require someone with resilience and an open mind to support their mental health challenges.
To apply for this Behaviour and Mental Health Support position please contact Abi @ Academics or apply to this advert directly. Interviews will be commencing this week.
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