Empower through understanding: Teaching Assistant for SEMH Support
Ready to be a beacon of support for students with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs? Protocol Education is seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant with a focus on SEMH support, poised to make a meaningful impact within a school that is situated in an area of high deprivation where a lot of the children are in social care or come for low income families.
Role: SEMH Support Teaching Assistant
Location: Hastings
Contract: full or part time
Salary: £80-100 per day
About us:
At Protocol Education, we are passionate about comprehensive educational solutions. Join us in creating an inclusive environment where students with SEMH needs can flourish.
About the school:
The main site, situated in Eastbourne offers provision to 16 KS3 and 20 KS4 students. The site is a former infants school building and has 4 multi-use classrooms, a science lab, Art room and food technology space. It serves students from schools in Eastbourne, Wealden and Lewes/Western Coastal areas.
The purpose of the schooll is to identify and address underlying causes of difficult behaviours, enable re-engagement and support pupils to develop strategies for regulation, pro-social behaviours and resilience. The intention is for all pupils to move towards progression into mainstream settings, supported through relationship based therapeutic interventions.
The school offers statutory day 6 provision following permanent exclusion and dual registered provision for pupils are at risk of exclusion, with the intention of reintegrating into mainstream settings following a period of intervention with us
Your role as a SEMH Support Teaching Assistant is crucial:
- Offering tailored assistant to students with SEMH needs
- Fostering a nurturing and empathetic classroom atmosphere
- Implementing strategies that cater to emotional well-being
- Collaborating seamlessly with educators and support teams
- Creating a safe and supportive learning sanctuary
Your Qualifications:
- Relevant experience in supporting SEMH needs
- Profound understanding of SEMH’s impact on learning
- Demonstrated empathy and patience
- Skilful implementation of SEMH-sensitive strategies
- Ability to adapt to diverse educational dynamics
- Dedication to nurturing students’ emotional growth
Rewards and benefits:
- Competitive daily rate £80-100per day
- Play a pivotal role in students’ emotional development
- Enjoy consistent work
- Continuous professional development through tailored training
- Become part of a collaborative school community
Ready to make an impact?
If you’re driven to empower students with SEMH needs, we encourage you to apply.
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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