Mental Health Support Assistant - Psychology Graduate – Education and Training
Job Title: SEN Mental Health Support Assistant
Location: Bletchley
Salary Scale: £450-£500 per week
Start date: ASAP or May depending on your availability.
Contract type: Long Term Contract, 5 days a week, 8:30 – 16:30
This role is suitable for a candidate looking to build on personal or already gained experiences of mental health and SEN. It’s vital you can qualify and disqualify roles for yourself.
This is also a good role for a graduate who has objectives within Social Justice, Parole, Probation, and the Criminal Justice system, especially for any form of advocacy in the range of need and mental health.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an individual with previous SEN experience or a graduate with a keen interest in this area of work. It is the perfect position for someone in search of hands-on experience working with social, emotional, and mental health needs.
The Alternative Provision is situated in Bletchley supporting boys and girls, all who have a range of additional needs associated with social, emotional, and mental health challenges. It’s a larger Primary and Secondary provision, with over 50 students, aged 5-19.
The school offers a restorative, therapeutic approach to education and behaviour management, engaging children in key and personal skills that they can use in and out of school.
As a learning support assistant, you will be working in classes of 3-6 pupils with a staff to student ratio of 1:1.
What is required?
1. An Undergraduate Degree (preferable) and/or previous SEN experience, ideal for Criminology and Psychology Graduates.
2. Experience working with and observing how mental health and Autism affect girls compared to boys, as these points are often overlooked.
3. Good general education levels in English and Maths, with a grade of 5 and above desired.
4. A real focus on outside interests that diversify away from the core subjects, building key and personal skills – such as Sport, Cooking, Coding, Dance, Hair Dressing, Photography.
5. Knowledge, keen interest, or understanding of the range of different types of learning and behavioural needs (SEMH elements of the provision).
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