Job Description
Mental Health Worker - Wantage
Are you ready to embark on an extraordinary journey in education? If so, join our dynamic team in a lovely specialist school in Wantage.
This amazing school are looking for a Mental Health Worker to join them starting in January 2026.
The role as a Mental Health Worker:
Your role as a Mental Health Worker will involve supporting the class teacher with general class duties and be involved in helping prepare lesson materials. You will also support the students with their general work load as well as with their intervention plans designed to support their mental health needs. This will look like providing 1:1 support, encouraging emotions regulation and assisting during lessons.
Your day as a Mental Health Worker will look like this:
* Supporting the students with their mental health, helping them to process and understand their emotions
* You may provide support in small groups or 1 to 1.
* You will work alongside the class teacher to create a safe and engaging learning environment where students can flourish and meet all their goals
* Helping to deescalate any high emotions and help students to regulate
* You will also help the class teacher prepare lesson materials and keep the classroom tidy
The successful Mental Health Worker:
1. Will be confident
2. Will h...