Mental Health Support Assistant - Psychology Graduate
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary Scale: £450-£500 per week
Start Date: ASAP or February depending on your notice period.
Contract Type: Long Term Contract, 5 days a week, 8:30 – 16:30
This role is suitable for a candidate 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 position is ideal for a graduate with objectives within Social Justice, Parole, Probation, and the Criminal Justice system, especially for any form of advocacy regarding mental health.
The Alternative Provision is situated in Milton Keynes, supporting boys and girls with 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 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 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 in observing how mental health and Autism affect girls compared to boys, points often overlooked.
3. Good general education levels in English and Maths, with a desired grade of 5 and above.
4. A real focus on outside interests that diversify away from the core subjects, building key and personal skills – including 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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