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SEN Teaching Assistant - SEMH

Job details
Posting date: 11 November 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 11 December 2025
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6AJ
Company: Hays Specialist Recruitment
Job type: Temporary
Job reference: 4743166_1762863204

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Summary

Hays Education are supporting a local school in recruiting a dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant to work with them in KSA4. This role is to start immediately, and the school require the cover till the end of the academic year to cover a member of staff on secondment. The details are as follows:

  • The school is located in north Birmingham and is a 10-minute drive from the city centre
  • They describe themselves as a focussed and dedicated school who have young people at the centre of their ethos
  • The school caters for children at KS4 level with social, emotional and mental health challenges (SEMH)
  • The role entails supporting children in class who have SEMH and some other additional SEN
  • The role is Monday to Friday, 8.30 am - 3.30 pm on a term-time only time sheet basis
  • School will support with training for candidates who may not have experience of working in these kinds of settings
  • The successful candidate will have experience of working with children with challenging behaviour and SEMH
  • You will be able to demonstrate the key competencies of working with children with SEMH and also de-escalation techniques - the school will consider people who have worked in children's residential care or similar settings
  • Hays Education will be able to obtain recent satisfactory references that reflect this experience
  • Any long-term candidate at the school will have access to free Team Teach training



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