KS1 SEMH Teaching Assistant

Long-term Teachers Ltd; Bath; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A fantastic special school in Bath seeks a KS1 SEMH Teaching Assistant for the summer term. This role involves supporting a small class of students with social, emotional, and mental health needs, working alongside established TAs. A proactive and calm demeanor is essential, with preference for those experienced in SEMH environments. Opportunities for future teacher training support are available.

Benefits

Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities

Permanent job roles

Support and advice during the clearance process

Interview preparation and support

Statutory employment rights

Qualifications

• Experience in SEMH environments preferred but open to applicants with varying backgrounds.
• Must be patient, proactive, and confident.

Responsibilities

• Support a KS1 class of 8 students alongside 2 permanent TAs.
• Address challenging behaviour with a calm and patient approach.

Skills

Proactivity

Patience

Calmness

Confidence in handling challenging behaviour

Job description

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• Social, Emotional, & Mental Health needs (SEMH)
• Summer term start
• Full-time preference
• 8:30am - 3:15pm

We work closely with a fantastic special school based on the outskirts of Bath that are looking for a KS1 SEMH Teaching Assistant to join the team ideally for the summer term. The school look after students aged 4-16 but this vacancy is within a KS1 class of around 8 students.

We've placed a few permanent staff members in the team recently who speak very fondly of the school; all commenting on how supportive the team of staff there are, as well as how rewarding the work is.

The role

As mentioned previously the class you would be supporting in is a KS1 class of 8 students where you will be working alongside 2 permanent TA's who know the class well. You must be proactive, patient, calm and confident in dealing with challenging behaviour.

The deputy head has spoken incredibly positively about this particular class, saying that they really are a lovely bunch of students! Due to the needs of the students you will ideally have worked in an SEMH environment before but they are open to a range of applications. The school are also open to supporting TA's who would like to take on the teacher training in future.

Working with Long-term Teachers:

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.

LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.

We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance Team.

In addition you will receive:

- Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities

- Permanent job roles

- Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process

- Working to Agency Workers Regulations

- Interview preparation, advice and support

- Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay