SEMH Teaching Assistant

Job description

Teaching Assistant
Location: Blackburn
Contract: Full-time, Monday to Friday
Hours: 8:30am – 3:30pm
Pay: £95-£110 per day
Start Date: December

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant / Behaviour Support Worker for an Ofsted rated Outstanding Pupil Referral Unit. You will be working in a 1 to 1 capacity with students who have very complex emotional and behavioural needs. These students often come from traumatic backgrounds and are disengaged with mainstream education.
The pupils in this provision have been expelled from prior schools, and some may be at risk of criminal or sexual exploitation.
This school supports a mixture of primary and secondary aged students, some of which are on EHCPs across two sites.
Due to the nature of the students, you must be comfortable managing emotional dysregulation, challenging behaviour, and maintain a level of calmness when face...