Youth Mental Health Support

4 days ago


Trowbridge, United Kingdom Teaching Personnel Full time

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YOUTH MENTAL HEALTHCARE SUPPORT
- Full-time and part-time availability.
- Start date: ASAP
- Location: Trowbridge
- Pay: £10.77 an hour. Paid weekly

Teaching Personnel are working in partnership with a specialist school in Trowbridge where pupils require mental and physical support both academically and personally. The school caters for students with a range of needs including mild and generic learningdifficulties, autism, communicational needs and physical disabilities.

Class sizes are between 4 and 6 pupils and they provide an environment that is matched to pupils’ profiles. Most of the children exhibit challenging behaviour in some form and individuals with resilience to appropriately support this is essential. Some childrenwho attend this school are non-verbal and use communication aids to support this. All training is provided so a person who is willing to learn is essential for this position.

As these can be challenging environments, to be successful you would ideally have experience in this sector and have worked with challenging individuals however this doesn’t necessarily have to be in a school setting and can be from care, residential, youthwork, prison service, sports coaching etc

As a care/support worker, you will be responsible for:

- Supporting pupils throughout the school day.
- Supervising students on a movement walk.
- Encourage pupils to try new tasks and provide positive reinforcement to help to widen their horizons.
- Use communicational aids when required.
- Provide personal care.

Personal attributes
- Enthusiastic and positive.
- Strong work ethic and passion for care work.
- Creative and dynamic in keeping children focused and engaged in activities.
- Organisational skills and able to stick to a busy schedule of therapy and education.
- Confident in being able to manage behavioural needs.
- Presentable and professional.
- Reliable.

If you are interested in the above position, please update your CV and send it to Helin

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for 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.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as partof our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
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