SEMH Teaching Assistant – Launch Your Career Transforming Young Lives

Step into an exceptional opportunity as a SEMH Teaching Assistant in vibrant Southwark, where meaningful impact meets fast-track professional growth. If you’re an ambitious graduate determined to empower students with social, emotional, and mental health needs, this is your perfect launchpad. You’ll change lives daily, providing support, encouragement, and resilience for learners overcoming real challenges, while building a skillset prized in education and psychology. This SEMH Teaching Assistant opening is designed for trailblazers striving to lead, inspire and evolve.

As an SEMH Teaching Assistant, you’ll immerse yourself in a school renowned for high-calibre support and pioneering inclusion. Gain unmatched experience alongside expert SEN leaders and therapeutic teams, all within a state-of-the-art, OFSTED “Good to Outstanding” environment. Expect day-to-day variety, continual professional development, and unique pathways into teaching, psychology, or specialist SEN roles — shaping not just your career, but the future lives of children in Southwark.

Key Highlights:

• SEMH Teaching Assistant: High-impact, life-changing role
• Circa £23,000 - £30,000 Pro-rata: Unrivalled graduate package
• Southwark: Dynamic, diverse, and highly connected location
• Ofsted “Good to Outstanding”: Safeguarding and innovation at heart
• Fast-track CPD: Leadership, therapeutic practice, teacher training routes
• Perfect for high-achieving graduates & aspiring teachers, psychologists, SEN pros
• Cutting-edge resources: Therapeutic spaces, assistive tech, expert-led teams

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Delivering targeted 1:1 and small group SEMH interventions
• Supporting students in developing social, emotional, and behavioural skills
• Collaborating daily with skilled SENCOs, EPs, and pastoral leaders
• Adapting creative resources to nurture individual student progress
• Observing, recording and reporting pupil development to drive improvement
• Advocating for pupil voice and wellbeing across the school community

Ideal SEMH Teaching Assistant for this Southwark School:

• Top-tier graduate with ambition in education, psychology or SEN
• Aspiring teacher, psychologist or future specialist determined to excel
• Relentlessly driven, resilient, and empathetic – seeing potential everywhere
• Committed to ambitious outcomes for children with SEMH needs
• Passionate about unlocking strengths and paving new pathways for every learner

Why Join This Southwark School?:

• Inclusive, forward-thinking and supportive: Every staff voice valued
• Exceptional CPD: Tailored mentoring, career-defining masterclasses
• Unmatched progression: Routes into teaching, psychology and leadership
• Celebrated diversity: Community rich in culture and positive relationships
• Modern, resource-rich environment for pioneering best practice

If you’re ready to accelerate your career and create lasting change as a SEMH Teaching Assistant in Southwark, this is the role to supercharge your ambitions. Applications are reviewed daily – seize this opportunity to make your mark and inspire real transformation.

How to Apply

Ready to step into a rewarding role supporting secondary school students with SEMH needs in Southwark? Jump on this chance—interviews are already underway, and applications are being reviewed as soon as they land. If you’re committed to making an immediate impact, send in your application without delay to secure your spot in the process!

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving South London school from ASAP.

Interviews are taking place right now – apply today!