Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant

Primary & SEND Schools

Are you a psychology graduate who would like to work with children with behavioural and mental health needs? We currently have a large number of schools that are looking for confident and proactive graduates with a good understanding of child mental health to work as teaching assistants.

Full‑time and part‑time roles available.

As a specialist teaching assistant, you will be working with pupils on a 1‑to‑1 basis during the school day. Pupils will range in age from 5 to 11 years old and will have identified behaviour, SEMH (Social, Emotional, and Mental Health), SEN (Special Educational Needs) including ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) needs that require support on a full‑time basis. You will be working with pupils in the classroom, in specialist mentoring sessions, and during some break times.

Some pupils will display more challenging behaviour and the school will be able to train you in suitable interventions and approaches. As part of the child’s support team, you will work closely with the school's SENCO and senior management team, as well as outside agencies including therapists, healthcare professionals, and CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services).

• Be a Psychology Graduate
• Have experience in CAMHS / child mental health services
• Be passionate about supporting children with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) / SEMH needs

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.