SEMH Teaching Assistant

Are you a teaching assistant with experience working with and supporting children with additional needs?
Are you a psychology graduate looking to gain experience working in an SEMH school?
Are you passionate about improving student outcomes?

Create Education have partnered with an outstanding independent school in Barking and Dagenham who are a specialist independent school that offers individualised education programmes in small groups and one to one tuition. They are registered for pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health issues and those who have a diagnosis of Autism.

The school offer placements to pupils in Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. This can help pupils make the often difficult transition from Primary to Secondary more successfully.
The headteacher has a true open door policy and is passionate about improving outcomes for his students and truly treats them as individuals. The right candidate would need to buy into the ethos of the school and embrace the family feeling values within the current team.

The school offers a supportive and collaborative environment and want their workforce to reflect their diverse student community and welcome all applications regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, religious belief, sexual orientation or disability.
The ideal candidate would have experience in a similar setting and have a caring, positive attitude and be able to demonstrate patience and empathy. The school are committed to providing consistency to the students therefore will only accept applicants who are committed to a long term role.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to develop their expertise in SEN/SEMH education while making a genuine impact.

We will endeavour to get back to all shortlisted candidates within 48 hours, but please feel free to contact Charlie on (phone number removed) to apply for this role.

We are committed to safeguarding children. Each applicant will be expected to undertake compliance checks including Prohibited list, Barred list, DBS and Qualifications.