Job Description
Are you passionate about supporting young people who need more than a traditional classroom? As an SEMH Teacher, you will play a pivotal role in helping learners reconnect with education by meeting them exactly where they are—academically, emotionally, and socially.
This is a highly rewarding opportunity to deliver a flexible, needs‑led curriculum that builds trust, consistency, and confidence, empowering pupils to thrive both in learning and in life.
What You’ll Bring
We’re looking for dedicated professionals who:
1. Hold QTS, QTLS, or an equivalent teaching qualification
2. Have experience working with SEMH and/or SEND learners
3. Use strong, trauma‑informed behaviour management and emotional regulation strategies
4. Teach with compassion, patience, and adaptability
5. Have Team Teach or similar therapeutic behaviour support training (desirable, not essential)
Your Impact
In this role, you will:
6. Deliver creative and highly differentiated lessons that inspire engagement
7. Build strong, positive relationships with pupils who may have experienced trauma or school‑based anxiety
8. Support the development of emotional regulation, resilience, and positive learning behaviours
9. Work closely with support staff, SENCOs, therapists, and external agencies
10. Contribute meaningfully to EHCP targets, individual learning plans, and wider pastoral support
11. Create a safe, inclusive, and predictable classroom environment where every child feels valued and supported
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All roles are subject to satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check.
What New Directions Education Ltd offers:
12. A dedicated and expert Account Manager
13. Regular and varied supply work
14. Competitive rates of pay
15. Potential long-term teaching roles
16. Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
17. A network of branches across the UK
18. Preferred supplier to more than 20 boroughs across the UK
19. Recommend-a-friend scheme
20. Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry
We are fully committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults. All applicants must undertake a full enhanced DBS check.
Please select Apply Now to enquire about this job vacancy with New Directions Education Ltd, Leeds branch.
New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.