Behaviour Mentor/ Teaching Assistant

Remedy Education; Greater London; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Remedy Education is seeking a Behaviour Mentor / Teaching Assistant in Barking & Dagenham, London to support KS3–KS4 students with SEMH. The role focuses on pastoral support, building respectful rapport, and maintaining a calm, confident presence in challenging situations.

Ideal for graduates or individuals with experience in mentoring or related backgrounds, who can provide consistent, positive guidance and contribute to students’ academic and personal development over the long term.

Qualifications

• Diplomacy and confidence in challenging situations are essential.
• Ability to build good rapport with students and staff.
• Pastoral listening and mentoring skills are valuable.

Responsibilities

• Support KS3–KS4 students (ages 11–16) with SEMH in classroom and pastoral contexts.
• Maintain composure and use positive guidance to improve students’ outlook and behaviour.
• Engage with students to support academic progress and personal development.

Skills

Calm under pressure

Diplomatic

Rapport building

Confident

Job description

Behaviour Mentor / Teaching Assistant Barking & Dagenham, London

Behaviour Mentor / Teaching Assistant SEMH Focus

Working in and out of the classroom with secondary aged students (KS3-4 / aged 11-16) with social, emotional and/or mental health challenges (SEMH)

Immediate start after successful trial day DBS Certificate required

Full-time (Monday-Friday) Long-term until at least the e/o July 2024

Ideal for graduates who are confident, experienced and possess the ability to remain calm in difficult situations

An excellent school in Barking and Dagenham, London is seeking a Behaviour Mentor / Teaching Assistant to work within their KS3-KS4 classrooms as a Behaviour Mentor / Teaching Assistant and Pastoral listening ear for some of their hard-to-reach secondary students who are displaying issues around their outlook, behaviour and/or mental health.

Applications are invited from people from all types of professional backgrounds and life experience.

Graduates and former or aspiring Social Workers, HMP Officers, retired teachers, and former members of the armed forces have absolutely excelled in this Behaviour Mentor / Teaching Assistant role recently, as they have been able to offer the students calm and philosophical guidance, compassion, ambition, self-belief, and an optimistic life roadmap for the longer-term.

The main thing is that the Behaviour Mentor / Teaching Assistant is diplomatic, confident, unphased by challenging behaviour, and committed to building good rapport with the student(s) with the aim of improving their outlook to both their academic pursuits and to their lives outside of the school environment.

This is a hugely rewarding role, and one which can truly transform young lives for the better in the short, medium, and long-term.