Job Description
Are you a passionate and resilient Primary Teacher with a desire to make a lasting impact on children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs?
New Directions Education is recruiting a pool of dedicated Primary SEMH Teachers to work across specialist provisions in Leeds. These nurturing settings are designed to support children who may also have additional diagnoses such as autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or trauma-related needs. Teaching is delivered in small class sizes, enabling a highly personalised and therapeutic approach.
About the Role:
As a Primary SEMH Teacher, you will play a crucial role in delivering a curriculum that meets learners at their point of need—supporting both their academic progress and emotional wellbeing. The focus is on building trust, consistency, and engagement through creative and adaptable teaching.
Requirements for this role :
1. Hold QTS, QTLS, or an equivalent teaching qualification
2. Have experience working with SEMH and/or SEND learners, ideally in a primary setting
3. Use strong behaviour management and emotional regulation strategies
4. Teach with compassion, patience, and flexibility
5. Are trained in Team Teach or similar therapeutic behaviour support approaches (desirable, not essential)
Key Responsibilities:
6. Deliver creative and differentiated lessons that engage pupils with varying levels of need
7. Build positive, trusting relationships with learners who may have experienced trauma or school-based anxiety
8. Support the development of emotional regulation and positive learning behaviours
9. Work collaboratively with support staff, SENCOs, therapists, and external agencies
10. Contribute to EHCP targets, individual learning plans, and the wider pastoral development of each pupil
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All roles are subject to satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check.
What New Directions Education Ltd offers:
11. A dedicated and expert Account Manager
12. Regular and varied supply work
13. Competitive rates of pay
14. Potential long-term teaching roles
15. Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
16. A network of branches across the UK
17. Preferred supplier to more than 20 boroughs across the UK
18. Recommend-a-friend scheme
19. 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.