SEMH Teaching Assistant, Speke

  • Location: Speke
  • Duration: Long term placement
  • Salary: £450 - 500 per week
  • Start date: 04/09/2025
  • Job Type: Temporary
  • Sector: Additional Learning Needs (ALN)
  • Posted:

Job Description

New Directions Education are currently recruiting for a compassionate and dedicated SEMH Teaching Assistant to join a specialist school in Speke. This full-time, long-term role offers the opportunity to support children with social, emotional, and mental health difficulties in a nurturing and structured environment.

The School:
• A specialist SEMH school located in Speke, committed to providing a safe, supportive, and structured setting where pupils with social, emotional, and mental health challenges can thrive.
• Known for its caring staff team and personalised approach, focusing on emotional regulation, resilience, and positive behaviour management.
• Offers a holistic curriculum that integrates academic learning with therapeutic and social skills development.
• Works closely with families, mental health professionals, and external agencies to deliver tailored support and ensure pupils’ wellbeing.

The Role:
• Provide targeted support to pupils with SEMH needs, including one-to-one and small group interventions.
• Assist in implementing behaviour support plans and strategies to promote emotional regulation and positive social interaction.
• Support pupils’ engagement with the curriculum by adapting resources and activities to meet individual needs.
• Help create a calm, structured, and safe learning environment that encourages self-confidence and independence.

The Ideal Candidate:
• Has experience or a strong interest in supporting children with social, emotional, and mental health difficulties.
• Is patient, empathetic, and skilled in de-escalation and positive behaviour management techniques.
• Can provide a reference covering relevant experience within the last 5 years.
• Holds or is willing to obtain an Enhanced DBS check on the update service.

What New Directions Education Ltd offers:

  • A dedicated and expert Account Manager
  • Regular and varied supply work
  • Competitive rates of pay
  • Potential long-term teaching roles
  • Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
  • A network of branches across the UK
  • Preferred supplier to more than 20 boroughs across the UK
  • Recommend-a-friend scheme
  • Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry

New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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