Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant

Full-time and part-time roles available

Primary & SEND schools

Are you a psychology graduate who would like to work with children with behavioural and mental health needs? We currently have a large number of schools that are looking for confident and proactive graduates with a good understanding of child mental health to work as teaching assistants.

As a specialist teaching assistant, you will be working with pupils on a 1 to 1 and group basis during the school day. Pupils will range in age from 5 – 19 years old and will have identified behaviour, SEMH, SEN including ASD needs that require support on a full-time basis. You will be working with pupils in the classroom, in specialist mentoring sessions and during some break times. Some pupils will display more challenging behaviours, and the school will be able to train you in suitable interventions and approaches. As part of the child's support team, you will work closely with the school's SENCO and senior management team, as well as outside agencies including therapists, healthcare professionals and CAMHS.

Qualifications and Requirements

• You must be a Psychology Graduate
• Passionate about supporting children with SEND / SEMH needs

If you are interested in this opportunity to work with young people in schools in your local area, please apply with an up-to-date CV.

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, due to the high volume of applications, we may not reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Philosophy Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.