School Type
Alternative Provision / SEMH School
Age Range of Pupils
11 to 16 years
Location
Small Heath, Birmingham – B10
Contract Type
Full-time, Monday to Friday (ONLY APPLY IF LOOKING FOR FULL TIME)
8:30am – 3:30pm
Term-time only
Pay
£92.45 – £102.83 per day
£462.25 – £514.15 per week
Weekly pay
Job Purpose
We are currently looking for a resilient and dedicated SEND Teaching Assistant to support pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs within a specialist setting in Small Heath.
This rewarding role involves helping pupils overcome barriers to learning, develop emotional resilience, and achieve positive outcomes.
Key Responsibilities – Teaching & Learning Support
- Provide individual and classroom-based support
- Build positive and trusting relationships with pupils
- Support behaviour management and emotional regulation strategies
- Assist pupils in accessing learning activities
- Work closely with teaching and pastoral teams
- Promote a safe, structured, and nurturing environment
Person Requirements
- Experience supporting SEMH needs or challenging behaviour
- Strong behaviour management skills
- Patient and resilient approach
- Ability to build positive relationships
- Enhanced DBS on the Update Service (or willingness to obtain one)
- Two satisfactory references
Qualifications
No formal qualifications required
Relevant experience required, including:
- Youth work
- Support work
- SEND school experience
What New Directions Education Ltd Offers
- Dedicated SEND consultant support
- Competitive weekly pay
- Consistent full-time opportunities
- Long-term role potential
- Ongoing support and development
- Referral bonus scheme
- Excellent reputation within education recruitment
- A dedicated and expert Account Manager
- Regular and varied supply work
- Competitive rates of pay
- Potential long-term roles
- Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
- A network of branches across the UK
- One of the preferred suppliers to all 22 local authorities in Wales under the All Wales Framework Agreement
- We are the major teaching supply agency for Welsh speaking teachers across Wales
- Recommend-a-friend scheme
- 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 (formerly CRB) check
New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
