Type: Permanent, Part-time, Term-time only
Do you have experience working with young people with Social, Emotional & Mental Health (SEMH) needs? You may have already been working as a Learning Support Assistant or perhaps you’ve been in a support services or pastoral role working with young people. Our focus is to find someone with three or more years’ experience working with young people with anxiety and complex SEMH needs to join our team.
Do you want to share your strengths in an organisation that specialises in working with young people with SEMH needs? You could help young people who need extra support with getting ready for living in the adult world. The transition from childhood to adulthood is not an easy one and for some young people there are extra challenges which can make it hard to see how earning a wage and paying bills would ever be a possibility.
New Meaning Training delivers learning programmes that are designed to empower and support young people in everyday fundamentals for living life more independently. Tutors and LSAs support learners as they acquire skills for employment, training, life skills and personal development as well as English and Maths Functional Skills.
If you have these specialist SEMH skills and you’re interested in motivating, inspiring and building a rapport with young people, to help them with their life, work-skills and employability, then an SEMH LSA role at New Meaning Training will be a job where you can make a difference!
Key Responsibilities
* Run small 1:1 or group interventions named on the EHCP.
* Deescalate situations as they arise.
* Support tutors to adjust lesson activities for learners.
* Support learners with their social and emotional development.
* Offer day to day support to learners' mental health and wellbeing.
* Work in accordance with and full understanding of NMT’s safeguarding protocols and procedures.
* Encourage and reinforce to the young people the links between regular attendance, participation, effort, and positive outcomes.
* Support tutors by helping learners on a one-to-one basis with their learning programme which may also include Maths, English and Employability Skills.
* Work as part of a team to organise practical life skills activities that enable the young people to strengthen their independence and progress to employment and/or further training.
* Generate creative ideas for how you or other team members can support young people that can be difficult to engage.
About Us
New Meaning Training offers education with a difference. It is an alternative education provider helping young people aged 16-25 to find their strengths and develop the confidence and skills to earn their own living. Around 250 young people will join one of our programmes this year, many having been referred by secondary schools, pupil referral units and Special Education Needs settings.
A large proportion of our learners have Education Health Care Plans (EHCPs) – a document which sets out the education, healthcare, and social care needs of learners for whom extra support is needed. All learners at NMT have varying levels and areas of need such as: autism, ADHD, anxiety, attachment disorder, dyslexia, experience of trauma, social emotional needs, and learning difficulties amongst others.
At our Stratford-upon-Avon centre we have six learning programmes; Construction Multiskills, Motor Mechanics, Sports, Beauty, and Work & Study. All our programmes incorporate functional skills qualifications (Maths and English). Since New Meaning Training opened its first centre in High Wycombe in 2015, the organisation is now supporting young people across Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Warwickshire and Berkshire.
You will have:
* Between 6 to 12 case studies using relational approaches and implementing de-escalation strategies.
* Knowledge and experience in speech and language communication differences.
* A minimum of 3 years’ experience and understanding in managing young people that are dysregulated.
* Ability to connect with young people and case studies that prove this is the case.
* Ability to build a rapport with young people from diverse backgrounds that can inspire and motivate.
* A teamworking and proactive attitude.
* Good organisational skills and the ability to work flexibly.
* The desire to help learners achieve their goals with empathy and understanding for young people in all circumstances.
* Professionalism always when working with learners, parents, and external parties.
* A good understanding of current social issues would be an advantage (e.g., County Lines and the impact of COVID on young people and their mental health).
* Either have an existing knowledge of learning styles and abilities or a willingness to learn.
* A creative flare for tailoring engaging activities that support learners towards their individual goals would be an advantage.
Additional notes
* Enhanced DBS check required.
* We expect all colleagues to carefully read and adhere to policies.
Our policy is to follow Safe Recruitment procedures, you will therefore be required to undergo a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check at the enhanced level before working with us. Further information can be obtained from https://www.gov.uk.
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