SEMH Inclusion Practitioner

Kingsway Park High; Milnrow; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingsway Park High is seeking an experienced SEMH Inclusion Practitioner to join Seacole, our Personalised Pathways Provision. You will build trusted relationships and deliver targeted SEMH interventions to help students regulate emotions and succeed in education.

The role focuses on supporting students with SEMH needs, responding calmly to challenging behaviour, and collaborating with staff, families and other professionals to secure meaningful progress.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting young people with SEMH needs and behaviours that challenge.
• Experience in SEMH settings (SEMH school, AP, PRU, specialist setting) is a plus.
• Strong professional judgement and calm response in challenging situations.
• Ability to balance compassion with clear boundaries and high expectations.

Responsibilities

• Build positive, trusting relationships with students who need targeted SEMH support.
• Deliver and adapt SEMH interventions to develop emotional regulation and resilience.
• Respond confidently to challenging behaviour using de-escalation and relational approaches.
• Support individual and small-group learning with adaptations to meet needs.
• Contribute to personalised support and reintegration plans for return to mainstream lessons.
• Collaborate with the Seacole Lead, families and other professionals to secure progress.

Skills

SEMH experience

Behaviour management

Relationship-building

Job description

Build trust. Break down barriers. Change futures.

Some young people need more than a traditional classroom approach. They need someone who understands them, believes in them and knows how to help them succeed.

At Kingsway Park High School, we're looking for an experienced, confident and compassionate SEMH Inclusion Practitioner to join Seacole, our dedicated Personalised Pathways Provision (PPP).

Seacole supports students who experience social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs, challenges with emotional regulation and barriers to accessing mainstream education. Through positive relationships, structured support and targeted interventions, we help students rebuild confidence, develop essential skills and successfully reintegrate into mainstream learning.

This is not a traditional classroom support role. We're looking for someone who brings practical SEMH expertise, sound professional judgement and the ability to respond calmly and confidently when situations become challenging.

The opportunity

As our SEMH Inclusion Practitioner, you'll:

• Build positive, trusting relationships with students who need individualised support to engage successfully in education.
• Deliver and adapt targeted SEMH interventions, helping students develop emotional regulation, resilience and positive coping strategies.
• Respond confidently to challenging behaviour, using effective de-escalation and relational approaches.
• Support individual and small-group learning, adapting activities to meet students' needs.
• Contribute to personalised support and reintegration plans, helping students make a successful return to mainstream lessons.
• Work closely with the Seacole Lead, colleagues, families and other professionals to secure meaningful progress for students.

Who we're looking for

• We're looking for someone with proven experience of supporting young people with significant SEMH needs and behaviours that challenge.
• You might currently work in an SEMH school, alternative provision, pupil referral unit, specialist setting, residential childcare or another environment where you've developed strong practical skills in supporting young people with complex needs.
• You’ll understand that behaviour is often a form of communication, that progress isn’t always straightforward and that consistency, patience and positive relationships can make an extraordinary difference.
• You’ll be resilient, adaptable and confident in your professional judgement, with the ability to balance compassion with clear expectations and appropriate boundaries.
• Above all, you’ll believe that every young person deserves the opportunity to succeed, regardless of the barriers they face.

Why Kingsway Park?

Kingsway Park High School is a vibrant, inclusive and diverse school at the heart of Rochdale. We are ambitious for every student and committed to providing the right support to help them achieve their potential.

As part of Altus Education Partnership, you'll join a supportive professional community where collaboration, inclusion and professional development are valued.

Our values are simple: We Belong. We Co-operate. We Succeed.

If you have the experience, resilience and commitment to make a real difference to young people who need it most, we'd love to hear from you.

Help students find their confidence, rediscover their potential and take their next steps towards success.

Closing Date: Sunday 8th November 2026 (to arrive no later than 23:59)

Interviews: Monday 16th November 2026

Altus Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to appropriate safer recruitment checks, including an Enhanced DBS check and relevant barred list checks. Online searches will be undertaken for shortlisted candidates.

Applicants are informed that if appointed to this post their contract of employment will be with the school governing board who is the employer, and not Rochdale Council.