SEMH Teaching Assistant

4 hours ago

Sunderland, United Kingdom Premier Teachers Full time

A SEMH Teaching Assistant is required for an Alternative Provision school within the Sunderland area. In this role you will be working one to one with a pupil who has an EHCP. You will join a welcoming team and the role will start asap and will be full time and ongoing long term. The ideal candidate will have a real wish to work with underprivileged pupils who have social, emotional and mental health issues.

You must hold a Teaching Assistant or Youth Work qualification and have a background working with SEMH or a willingness to work in SEMH schools. Experience of counselling or mentoring is a benefit but is not essential.

The school is dedicated to excellence in teaching, learning and relationships and demands high standards of behaviour, inclusion and engagement, as well as personal and collective responsibility. Class sizes are small to encourage close relationships and a personal learning approach.

The school is mixed sex and has supportive and friendly staff and managers.

The ideal candidate would:

* Have a passion supporting children with SEMH

* Have excellent subject knowledge

* Be able to organise themselves

* Be able to engage with children with SEMH

In addition, you must:

• Provide two referees we can contact

• Have a DBS form or be prepared to obtain one

Premier Teachers Ltd is a teacher run agency based in Sunderland. We provide a supply and permanent placement service to schools in the North East and Teesside area. We are very friendly, incredibly supportive and we offer training on site or in house to help to move your career on. We ensure that all teachers are compliant with our safeguarding procedures before being placed in our clients schools.

We offer a highly efficient service and we are contactable 24/7. You will receive prompt weekly payment and provided requirements are met, statutory sick pay if required.

To apply, please email your CV with no gaps in more than 3 months

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