Teaching Assistant Behavioural/SEMH Needs BS36 Full-Time ASAP Start Do you have a passion for supporting young people from vulnerable backgrounds? Are you seeking a rewarding and challenging role that allows you to make a real difference in the lives of others? If so, this is the perfect opportunity for you! Long-Term Teachers supports a dynamic and innovative Primary School in the South Gloucestershire area. This school is seeking a committed Behavioural Teaching Assistant to join their team. The school caters for students aged 5 to 16, across 2 sites, and you will have the opportunity to work across both. Regardless of the children’s circumstances, the school adopts a therapeutic approach, focusing on building meaningful relationships to create a safe, nurturing environment for students to thrive. This approach has led to excellent attendance and successful outcomes. The Role In this role, you will support the wellbeing and development of students with social, emotional and mental health challenges. These young people may come from diverse and sometimes traumatic backgrounds, and many may also have ADHD or autism. Therefore, it is essential that you are confident in managing challenging behaviour. The ideal candidate will be positive, empathetic, enthusiastic, and resilient, with a genuine desire to support young people. Experience or knowledge of SEMH is highly desirable. As a Teaching Assistant, you will: Nurture and inspire students both inside and outside the classroom Provide support to a small group of students or work on a 1:1 basis, depending on the need Assist the Class Teacher in helping students engage in their learning How To Apply We’d love to see your CV, but we don’t need it to have a conversation. Send me an email to Megan@longtermteachers.co.uk and tell me why you’re interested. Or, if you do have a CV ready, apply here! Working with Long-term Teachers: We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools. LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout. Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you. We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team. In addition you will receive: - Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities - Permanent job roles - Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process - Working to Agency Workers Regulations - Interview preparation, advice and support - Statutory employment rights, such as; sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay