Mental Health Teaching Assistant

Vision for Education; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education recruitment agency is seeking a Mental Health Teaching Assistant in Wakefield to support students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties. Ideal candidates should be enthusiastic, flexible, and resilient, with relevant experience and a willingness to complete training. The role offers competitive pay, professional development opportunities, and the potential for contract work.

Benefits

Guaranteed pay scheme

Pension contributions

FREE training for professional development

Generous refer a friend bonus

Access to a dedicated consultant

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people in the last 2 years.
• Prepared to complete essential training prior to starting.

Responsibilities

• Support young students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties.
• Work full-time, Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Flexibility

Resilience

Rapport Building

Education

Relatable experience working with young people

Team Teach Training

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Mental Health Teaching Assistant, Wakefield

Client: Vision for Education

Location: Wakefield, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

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Posted: 22.06.2025

Expiry Date: 06.08.2025

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About the role

Mental Health Support Worker (School)

Flexible Start Dates

Wakefield SEND School Setting

Temporary

Requirements

The ideal candidate must be enthusiastic and have the ability to build a rapport with students, be resilient, flexible, nurturing and be able to think fast on your feet to adapt to challenging situations. Our ideal candidate for this role must have relatable experience (working with young people) within the last 2 years that we are able to gain professional, performance-based references from and ideally be trained in Team Teach - Vision can offer FREE training to successful candidates.

The Role

This is a role to support young students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties within a specialist school provision. We are ideally looking for candidates with full-time availability Monday to Friday 8:30am - 3.30pm. This position is initially through Vision for Education on a daily basis, however there is potential for this to become a contracted role for the right candidate. The desired candidate will be prepared to complete essential training prior to starting in this setting. We are looking for candidates to begin on our supply register asap.

About Vision for Education

Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.

What Vision for Education Offer

At Vision for Education we take our responsibilities to our practitioners seriously and our aim is to ensure you are well supported and rewarded for your efforts. As part of the Vision for Education team, and as an Education – mental health support worker you will receive:

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
• Guaranteed pay scheme (to commence when schools re-open, subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
• FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
• Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

If you are a passionate individual who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and would like the challenge of working in a demanding and rewarding environment then we want to hear from you.

The Edwin Group is a Top 10 UK-employer in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the group.