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Mental Health Support / Teaching Assistant Reading

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Academics 80.00 British Pound . GBP Per day

2021-12-03 08:58:33

Job location Reading, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Job type: fulltime

Job industry: Education

Job description

Child Mental Health Support Assistant:

Teaching Assistant at Special School in Reading for children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties

This is an fantastic opportunity for recent graduates looking to further their knowledge in the psychology of Special Needs students or an individual looking to work in the criminal justice system.

An intimate specialist school is looking for an individual with a passion for education to support the emotional well being, social skills and mental health of the students within their school. The school provide an alternative educational for those children who struggle either socially or emotionally. This may be anxiety or school refusal due to developmental trauma and adverse childhood experiences. The Teaching Assistant/Mental Health Support Assistant role will entail of working alongside trained professionals such as Psychologists and Therapists giving such candidate a great opportunity to shadow their work.

The Role:

* KS1, KS2 and EYFS
* ASAP Start
* Reading, Berkshire
* £65-£85 per day
* Teaching Assistant/Mental Health Support
* Young Child Mental Health Support Assistant
* Great opportunity to Shadow Psychologists and Therapists

This beautiful school based in Reading provides exceptional education, to those children who have social and emotional difficulties such as anxiety and school refusal due to developmental trauma and adverse childhood experiences, as well as specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dyscalculia. Such school is a highly compassionate and value based school with a fantastic team and support system, which is essential for their students. Such candidate should prioritise the children's needs, while supporting the children's social, emotional and mental health development.

Within this Teaching assistant role you will be supporting children who often have low levels of self-esteem due to previous negative experience from schooling. Your role is to provide the educational support which is tailored to their individual needs, encouraging them to gain confidence in both themselves and education, enabling them to progress in their learning.

Whilst the Teaching Assistant/Mental Health Support Assistant ideally will have a degree in a related field or prior experience working with young people. Many of the children within the school have experienced trauma and will require someone with resilience and a strong open-mind to support their mental health challenges.

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