Are you passionate about supporting children with social, emotional, and mental health needs in a nurturing and inclusive environment? Protocol Education, a top education recruitment agency, are seeking dedicated individuals to join a school that offers a nurture-based education and provision approach for children aged 4 - 16.
Role: SEMH Support Worker
Type of school: SEN Provision
Age range: KS3 - KS4
Pay: £12.90 - £13.50 an hour
Hours: 37 hours per week, Term time only
Closing Date: Dependant on sufficient shortlist of suitable candidates
Interview Date: TBC
Start Date: As soon as possible
Benefits: on-site parking, the school are part of an 'Outstanding' SEND multi-academy trust, in-house training and CPD
About the School:
Our partner school, that's part of an Ofsted 'outstanding' multi-academy trust, provides a nurturing educational experience for children identified as having social, emotional, and mental health needs. With a focus on creating a safe and supportive environment, the school offers students the opportunity to enjoy a full educational experience where they can thrive emotionally and physically. While primarily catering to children with SEMH needs, the school also provides additional and/or different provisions for a range of other needs, including cognition and learning needs, communication and interaction needs, sensory and/or physical needs, and moderate learning difficulties.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Supervising and providing support for pupils with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities.
- Setting challenging and demanding expectations and promoting self-esteem and independence.
- Providing feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under guidance of the teacher.
- Assisting with the planning of learning activities.
- Monitoring pupils' responses to learning activities and accurately recording achievement/progress as directed.
- Promoting good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
Requirements:
- Devotion and resilience to support children with social, emotional, and mental health needs.
- Previous experience working with children with SEMH needs is desirable.
- Ability to motivate students towards high achievement.
- Commitment to fulfilling the needs of pupils experiencing behavioural, emotional, or learning difficulties, and social communication difficulties.
If you are passionate about making a positive impact in the lives of young people with SEMH and thrive in a supportive and dynamic environment, we want to hear from you. Apply now to join our team as a SEN Teaching Assistant and contribute to the success and well-being of students.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education', this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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