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Teaching Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 23 November 2025
Salary: £475 to £550 per week
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 19 December 2025
Location: Preston, Lancashire
Company: senploy
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 195408

Summary

SEMH Teaching Assistant

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic candidate with plenty of initiative to support students in a specialist secondary school in Preston.

Prospero has partnered with a specialists SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) provisions in Preston that supports pupils aged 11 - 16 who have a wide range of emotional and behavioural needs. Many of the pupils have experienced barriers to learning in mainstream settings and require a nurturing, structured, and relational approach to education.

Do you thrive in a dynamic classroom environment where every day brings new challenges and opportunities to make a real impact?

Role Overview:

Position: Teaching Assistant (SEMH)
Location: Preston
Contract Type: Full Time
Rate of Pay: £475.00 - £550.00 per week
Working Hours: 08:30 - 15:30

As a Teaching Assistant, you will:
- Provide 1:1 and small group support for students with SEMH needs
- Assist in delivering tailored interventions and behaviour strategies
- Foster positive relationships and promote emotional regulation
- Support classroom routines and learning activities
- Work collaboratively with teachers, SENCOs, and pastoral teams

Requirements:
- Experience as a Teaching Assistant working with children or young people with SEMH or SEN
- Strong behaviour management and de-escalation skills
- A calm, empathetic, and consistent approach
- Understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures
- Relevant qualifications (e.g. TA Level 2/3, Youth Work, Psychology) desirable
- Ability to build trust and rapport with vulnerable learners

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:
- Hold Right to Work in the UK
- Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
- Provide professional references covering 2 years

OTHER

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Ideally, you will already have a full DBS on the update service but if not, we can process a new one.


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Location: Preston