• SEMH Teaching Assistant
• Full-time
• ASAP Start 
• Enfield Primary School
• Ongoing contract

A lovely primary school in Enfield are looking for an experienced SEMH Teaching Assistant to join their school starting ASAP start to support a child in Year 1 with challenging behaviour.

The Role

In this role you will be supporting a year 1 child on a 1:1 basis. The boy is bright and academically capable but frequently displays challenging behaviour and can be tricky to manage. When dysregulated this young boy can becoming physical towards staff so the school are looking for someone with restraint experience and the ability and willingness to remain calm and positive to be able to calm refocus the child.

You will be class based but will need to take the child out for movement breaks and re-focussing.

The school are looking for a SEMH Teaching Assistant who:

• has lots of experience with SEMH
• restraint experience
• is physically mobile
• is confident, resilient and patient
• Can commit to the position until the end of the academic year with the opportunity to continue in September 2024

The School

This successful, multicultural two-form entry primary school is situated in Enfield and easily accessible by car and public transport. The school is popular with local families and staff work hard to ensure all children reach their full potential in a safe, happy and caring environment. The school has an experienced leadership team in place and there is good support for staff working within the school.

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. Philosophy Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.