SEMH Teaching Assistant - Ashington

Protocol Education Limited; Ashington; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Protocol Education is seeking a dedicated SEMH Teaching Assistant for a specialist provision in Ashington. You will support pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, providing 1:1 mentoring and helping them engage with learning in a nurturing environment.

You will work closely with teachers and pastoral teams to promote positive relationships, regulate emotions and encourage attendance and achievement.

Qualifications

• Requires appropriate qualifications and training for this role.
• DBS check and safeguarding training may be required as part of the onboarding process.

Responsibilities

• Providing 1:1 mentoring support
• Supporting emotional regulation strategies
• Encouraging positive behaviour choices
• Supporting classroom engagement
• Building rapport and trust with pupils
• Working alongside teachers and pastoral teams
• Promoting attendance and achievement

Skills

1:1 mentoring

emotional regulation

communication skills

build relationships

support vulnerable learners

Job description

SEMH Teaching Assistant - Ashington

Do you have the resilience and empathy needed to support young people with social, emotional and mental health needs?

Protocol Education is seeking a dedicated SEMH Teaching Assistant for a specialist provision in Ashington.

Location: Ashington
Contract: Full-Time

About the Role

The provision supports pupils who may have struggled within mainstream education due to emotional, behavioural or mental health challenges.

You will work closely with students to build positive relationships, encourage engagement and support them in overcoming barriers to learning.

This is a highly rewarding role where your impact can be seen every day through increased confidence, improved engagement and positive pupil outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing 1:1 mentoring support
• Supporting emotional regulation strategies
• Encouraging positive behaviour choices
• Supporting classroom engagement
• Building rapport and trust with pupils
• Working alongside teachers and pastoral teams
• Promoting attendance and achievement

We're Looking For

• Experience working with young people
• Calm and resilient personality
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to build positive relationships
• Passion for supporting vulnerable learners

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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