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Mental Health/SEN Teaching Assistant

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Posted 2 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 1TU, England

Salary

£18,000 - £21,600 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A Special Needs School in Abingdon is looking for a Mental Health/SEN Teaching Assistant to join their team immediately.
  • The position involves providing support to children aged 5 to 18 with complex educational needs and emotional challenges.
  • The role offers a salary of £80 to £90 per day and requires a graduate background in Psychology or Criminology.
  • You will work Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 3:30pm, helping to enhance students' academic and social skills.
  • This opportunity allows for collaboration with external professionals and gaining valuable experience in mental health and neurodiversity.

A welcoming and friendly Special Needs School in Abingdon are currently seeking a Mental Health/SEN Teaching Assistant to join their team long-term, starting immediately. They offer schooling for children between 5 and 18 years with complex educational needs, communication difficulties and behaviour challenges. The school specialises in not only providing integrated education, but also therapeutic support for every child with a significant focus on well being.

As a Mental Health/SEN Teaching Assistant, you will be help to provide one-to-one and small group support to pupils, and help to monitor their academic achievements, as well as their emotional well being. You will help to increase their interpersonal and social skills, ensuring when they leave school, they will succeed. You will also help encourage pupils to make positive decisions, and help them cope with any challenges they face.

The school works in partnership with external professionals including educational and occupational psychologists, counsellors and speech and language therapists. You will have the opportunity to work alongside them and shadow their work, providing you with the experience needed to train as a Therapist or Psychologist in the future. You will also gain experience and further your knowledge of neurodiversity, mental health difficulties and the challenges young people face.

  • Mental Health/SEN Teaching Assistant
  • Abingdon
  • £80 to £90 per day
  • Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 3:30pm
  • Graduate Opportunity (Psychology, Criminology)

Do you think you'd be a good fit for this role? If so, apply today!

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.