Mental Health Support Assistant - Psychology Graduate
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary Scale: £450 - £500 per week
Start Date: ASAP or January start depending on notice period or university completion.
Contract Type: Long Term Contract, 5 days a week, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
This role is suitable for a candidate looking to build on personal or already gained experiences in mental health and SEN. It's vital you can qualify and disqualify roles for yourself.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an individual with previous SEN experience or a graduate with a keen interest in this area of work. It is the perfect position for someone seeking hands-on experience working with social, emotional, and mental health needs. If you're looking for a career in youth work, then this opportunity is not to be missed.
The Alternative Provision is situated in Milton Keynes, supporting boys and girls who have a range of additional needs associated with social, emotional, and mental health challenges. It's a larger primary and secondary provision, with over 50 students aged 5-19.
The school offers a restorative, therapeutic approach to education and behavior 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. Understanding of how mental health and Autism affect girls compared to boys, points often overlooked.
3. Good general education levels in English and Maths, 5 grade and above is 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 behavioral needs (SEMH elements of the provision).
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