SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH (SEMH) PRACTICE LEAD in Redhill

Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Practice Lead

Job Type: Support

Job Category: Supported Learning

Employment Basis: Established (salaried)

Location: John Ruskin College - Croydon, East Surrey College - Redhill

Salary Range: £36,000.87 per annum (full-time equivalent). Actual salary: £33,162.34 per annum, based on a 40-week working year

Closing Date: 14/08/2026

Documents:

• 3._OSC_Corporation_Competency_Framework.pdf (PDF, 497.72kb)
• SEMH Practice Lead JD & PS.pdf (PDF, 193.72kb)

We are seeking an experienced and passionate SEMH Practice Lead to provide professional, operational and specialist leadership for a key area of SEND provision across our colleges. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and coordinate support for learners with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs, ensuring high-quality, consistent and effective support that enables learners to engage, progress and achieve.

Working as part of the Inclusion and Wellbeing Team, you will lead a structured SEMH intervention offer for students, apprentices and adult learners. Through effective identification, intervention and support, you will help drive improvements in learner engagement, attendance, retention, achievement and successful progression.

As SEMH Practice Lead, you will lead the development and delivery of support provision for learners presenting with SEMH needs across the College Group. You will champion trauma-informed and relational approaches, providing specialist guidance to curriculum and support staff to promote inclusive practice and effective support strategies.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for a dedicated professional with experience of supporting young people in an educational or related setting and a strong understanding of the challenges faced by vulnerable learners.

You Will Have

• A relevant qualification in SEND, SEMH, education, wellbeing or a related field, or a willingness to work towards one.
• Knowledge and understanding of the SEND Code of Practice.
• Experience of applying strategies to improve engagement, attendance and retention.
• Understanding of safeguarding and child protection responsibilities.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed practice and relational approaches.

Interviews are expected to take place from 20th of August onwards.

If this sounds like you and you will enjoy working in a forward thinking, friendly, fast paced, changing environment with state of the art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such a choice of two excellent pension schemes, life assurance, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.

• choice of two excellent pension schemes
• life assurance
• free onsite parking
• access to our fully equipped gym
• discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments

Orbital South Colleges Group are committed to Equal Opportunities, encouraging applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population. We are also committed to PREVENT and Safeguarding the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Both College Campus' are smoke-free zones.

As part of our pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, references will be taken and evidence of all qualifications and awards will also be required before commencement of employment. Failure to do so may lead to offers being withdrawn.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits, and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK.