About this role
Aspiring Mental Health Practitioner (SEMH Teaching Assistant)
Crawley - West Sussex - Graduate - SEMH Teaching Assistant - Outreach - Intervention - Mental Health - SEN - Education and Training - Psychology - Criminology - Sociology
Are you passionate about restorative approaches? Are you passionate about demonstrating the value of education to vulnerable children? Are you an Aspiring Mental Health Practitioner?
With this Aspiring Mental Health Practitioner (SEMH Teaching Assistant) role based in Crawley, you will work in a secondary school setting, supporting children with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs and traumas. Some of the children / young people will have suffered adverse childhood experiences, and you will identify their risks and needs, escalating where necessary.
You will be instrumental in building relationships, providing consistency, and equipping children and young people with tools to ensure they feel safe, secure, empowered, and believe that they can succeed in life, reducing the risk of them entering the criminal justice system.
Based on holistic and therapeutic practice, with a focus on restorative practice, this role in Crawley will give you essential restorative experience within anti-social and challenging settings - career progression routes include Mental Health Practitioner, Youth Criminal Justice Worker, Probation Officer, Social Worker and Youth Counsellor.
The School & Aspiring Mental Health Practitioner (SEMH Teaching Assistant) Role:
- Specialist provision for students with SEMH needs and learning needs
- Classroom based role assisting the teacher with the learning experience
- Supporting vulnerable children in 1:1 and small group settings
- Focus on restorative practices and a holistic and therapeutic approach to learning
- Practical, creative and vocational subjects, what sparks joy for the students and will help them positively contribute to society
- Ensure safeguarding of students
- Ability to build trusted and effective relationships with the students
- Behaviour and pastoral support
- Able to commute to Crawley
Start date ASAP, trial days taking place to ensure the role and school is right for you
Excellent on-site training, support and CPD is provided to ensure safeguarding of all students
£102.96 per day, Mon-Fri, 08:30 to 15:30, PAYE, term time only
If you have a Psychology / Criminology / Social Science degree, it's an excellent use of your degree
You MUST have right to work in the UK in order to apply - no Visa sponsorship
Apply now or contact Maddy Thatcher at Academics if you are interested in the Aspiring Mental Health Practitioner (SEMH Teaching Assistant) role in Crawley:
Salary will be determined by the successful candidate's qualifications and relevant experience, and will be in accordance with the client's pay policy.