Teaching Assistant SEMH

TN United Kingdom; Altrincham; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A secondary school in Altrincham is seeking a SEMH Teaching Assistant to support students with social, emotional, and mental health difficulties. The role is full-time, starting in January 2025 and continuing until July 2025. Applicants must have relevant experience and be available full-time.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in a school or similar setting.
• Experience working with children with SEMH difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Support students on a 121 or small group basis.
• Manage challenging behaviour effectively.

Skills

Experience with SEMH

Behaviour Management

Education

GCSE English/Maths at grade A to C

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SEMH Teaching Assistant – Altrincham- January start

Do you have experience working with children/young people with SEMH (Social Emotional Mental Health) difficulties or PTSD?

Prospero Teaching are supporting a secondary school in Altrincham who are looking for a committed individual to join the team on a full time basis. You will be supporting students on a 121 or small group basis and it is essential that you have recent experience supporting young people who can display challenging behaviour.

You must also be available full time, part time applicants will not be considered by the client.

The role is to start as soon as possible and will continue for the rest of the academic year.

CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS

Location – Altrincham
Position – Teaching Assistant
Start Date – January 2025
End Date – July 2025
Full time
Hours – 8:30am – 4pm
The Minimum Rate of Pay – GBP100 per day

EXPERIENCE

Relevant experience in a school or similar setting.

Experience of working with children and young people with special educational needs and/or social, emotional and mental health difficulties.

Experience of effectively and positively managing a class and leading learning with groups of pupils, using appropriate strategies to enable them to settle to learn.

TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

GCSE English/Maths at grade A to C or equivalent.
Commitment to all CPD offered.
Team Teach training would be beneficial to this role, however this can be provided for free.
Up to date safeguarding training issued in the last 12 months (essential, however training can be provided)
Up to date prevent awareness & FGM training issued in the last 3 years (essential, however, training can be provided)
Recent behaviour management training (desirable)

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:

Hold Right to Work in the UK
Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
Provide a minimum of two professional related references
Provide a full CV from high school to present with gaps explained