Mental Health Support Assistant - Psychology Graduate
Location: Northampton
Salary Scale: £85-£100 per day
Start date: ASAP or October depending on notice period or completion of university course
Contract type: Long Term Contract, 5 days a week, 8:30 - 16:00
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 also a great opportunity for graduates with objectives within Social Justice, Parole, Probation, and the Criminal Justice system, especially for any form of advocacy regarding mental health needs.
This position is ideal for individuals with previous SEN experience or graduates with a keen interest in this area of work. It offers hands-on experience working with social, emotional, and mental health needs.
The Alternative Provision in Northampton supports boys and girls with a range of additional needs associated with social and emotional 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, aiming to engage children in key and personal skills that they can use in and out of school.
As a Learning Support Assistant, you will work 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 how mental health and Autism affect girls compared to boys
3. Good general education levels in English and Maths (5 grade and above desired)
4. A focus on outside interests that diversify away from core subjects, such as Sport, Cooking, Coding, Dance, Hair Dressing, Photography
5. Knowledge or keen interest in understanding different types of learning and behavioural needs (SEMH elements of the provision)
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