Care Support Assistant  - SEMH pupil referral unit

Full time

Leeds

I am currently recruiting for an experienced Care Support assistant for a large SEMH school for their care team situated in the Leeds are to start ASAP for a temp -perm role.  The role is highly challenging and will need a great deal of resilience.

 The role will involve working with a wider part of the team supporting all classes when incidents occur and need de-escalating effectively and efficiently. You will need to have a great depth of understanding their complex mental health and attachment needs.

It is highly important you have a thick skin and able to develop trusted relationships fast and efficiently.

However, it is one of the most highly rewarding roles as you have the ability to make a significant difference in children’s lives. If you are interested and would like further information about this role, please contact me (phone number removed) or email (url removed)

Job Spec and Description:

• Operate within agreed professional ethical and school policies when working with pupils and those involved with them.
• Encourage and support staff in positive regard restraint training when presented with difficult behaviours.
• Supporting pupils overcome their crisis and deal with the consequences.
• Assist integration for the child into the rest of the class/group.
• Maintain good working relationships with the other members of staff.
• Empower pupils and encourage positive regulation of social and emotional skills.
• To support the child focus in class and keep them on task to complete.
• Develop positive relationships with the pupils.
• Listen to the child and offer appropriate support if necessary.
• Provide information for behavioural records and report back as required.

• Have at least 6 months’ experience working in a similar role or similar setting.
• Support the learners with personalised strategies for regulating and overcoming developmental vulnerabilities.
• Enabling the learners to better regulate themselves and build resilience.
• You will also need to be able to use therapeutic language effectively
• Understand and implement a nurturing practice.
• Ability to build trusted attune to the learners and have a positive regard.
• Must have Team Teach training, or willing to complete this and be very confident and undertake the holds.

• -Competitive rates of pay from between £475-£525 per week (AWR Compliant)
• -On the job training provided by the school
• -24/7 support and feedback from experienced education consultants
• We pride ourselves on intelligently matching our supply and permanent candidates to schools, ensuring that the opportunities stretch and fulfil career ambitions. This is a promise that we have been delivering since 2005, with our simple, honest approach: offering our candidates highly competitive rates of pay with no hassle. We are committed to get it right. First time. Our mission is simple. To Inspire Potential. In our team. In our candidates. In every child.

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