Child Mental Health Support Worker

4 weeks ago

Maidstone Kent, United Kingdom Vision for Education - Kent Full time

Children Mental Health Support Assistant

Children Mental Health Support Assistant
The role of a Children Mental Health Support Assistant is to help young people with a diagnosis of Social, Emotional and Mental Health access education. The successful candidates will be supporting the students both academically as well as emotionally, ensuring they are cared for, and encouraged to develop and progress.

Someone dedicated and resilient is required, with experience working with challenging behaviours. Our client schools are dedicated SEMH provisions for young people that have been unable to cope in a mainstream setting. The schools believes firmly in supporting and developing staff as much as possible and has a very positive team ethos and supportive Senior Leadership Team. Applications are welcomed from anyone with a passion to improve the lives of young people that may not have had the best start, and who struggle with their mental health and behaviour.

To be considered for the role of Children Mental Health Support Assistant you will:

Have a warm and friendly nature to be able to build positive relationships with pupils
Calm and resilient approach to supporting children
Desire to gain a permanent role in a school
Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

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.

Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:

Have relevant experience of working with children, young people or vulnerable adults
Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
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.
Vision for Education do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Apply via this website with an up-to-date CV and contact details. For more information, or an informal chat about the role, please call the Kent team on (phone number removed) or email .

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