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SEN - Sen Teaching Assistant

Job in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 1, England, UK
Listing for: Reed
Full Time, Seasonal/Temporary position
Listed on 2026-02-12
Job specializations:
  • Education / Teaching
    Special Needs / Learning Disabilities, Elementary School, School Counselor
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 13.68 - 15 GBP Hourly GBP 13.68 15.00 HOUR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Long-term role with the potential to go permanent

Are you resilient, patient, and passionate about supporting young people with additional needs? We are recruiting for a Teaching Assistant to join a specialist SEMH (Social, Emotional & Mental Health) school located in Bottesford.

This unique setting offers a therapeutic, nature-based environment designed to help students with significant emotional and behavioural needs thrive. The school provides a calm, nurturing atmosphere-with beautiful outdoor spaces and even resident donkeys that form part of the pupils' daily routines and therapeutic activities.

About the Role

  • Full-time Teaching Assistant position
  • Working in a 2:1 support arrangement with a pupil who requires high consistency and emotional regulation
  • Supporting children with:
    • Emotional and developmental needs
    • Complex attachment histories
    • Past trauma
    • High-level behavioural challenges
  • Helping pupils build resilience, emotional regulation, and trust
  • Implementing DDP (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy) and attachment-informed approaches (training provided)

What the School Offers

  • A supportive, experienced team
  • Therapeutic, outdoor-focused learning environment
  • Opportunity to transition into a permanent role for the right person
  • Ongoing training in trauma-informed and attachment-based practice
  • A meaningful role where every day truly counts

What We're Looking For

  • Experience with challenging behaviour or a strong willingness to learn
  • Patience, consistency, and emotional resilience
  • Someone calm under pressure with a nurturing approach
  • Commitment to long-term, stable support
  • Ability to build safe, trusting relationships with young people

Location

Bottesford - easily accessible from Grantham, Newark, Nottingham, Lincolnshire & Leicestershire borders.

If this sounds like the perfect next step for you, apply now or get in touch for more information.

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