Mental Health Support Assistant

The Special Education Needs LSA (Learning Support Assistant) opportunity is ideal if you aspire to have a career focused on Counselling, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Criminal, Social or Youth Justice, or looking at elements of social care.

Can you demonstrate the value of an education to your students while building substantial relationships and keeping them safe?

Location: Milton Keynes

Salary Scale: £450-£500 per week

Start date: ASAP or September start

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 is 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 regarding 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 Milton Keynes supporting boys and girls, all who have a range of additional needs associated with social, emotional, and mental health challenges. It is a larger Primary and Secondary provision, with over 50 students, aged 7-19.

The school offers a restorative, therapeutic approach to education and behaviour management, aiming to engage children in key and personal skills, giving them skills 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?

• An Undergraduate Degree (preferable) and/or previous SEN experience, ideal for Criminology and Psychology Graduates
• Working with and observing how mental health and Autism affects girls compared to boys, points often overlooked
• Good general education levels in English and Maths, 5 grade and above is desired
• A real focus on outside interests that diversify away from the core subjects, building key and personal skills - Sport, Cooking, Coding, Dance, Hair Dressing, Photography
• Knowledge, keen interest, or understanding of the range of different types of learning and behavioural needs (SEMH elements of the provision)