Specialist Teaching Assistant (Social, Emotional and Mental Health & Engagement)

Job description

The Vacancy

Hours of work:
• Tue - 8:40 - 16:20
• Thur, Fri - 8:40 - 15:40
• Mon, Wed - 8:40- 16:30

Description:

At the earliest opportunity, an exciting position has opened to join the student support team where you will work with students aged 11-16 years with complex learning, sensory, physical, communication, and educational needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to support students who demonstrate high levels of anxiety or behaviours who then find it challenging to engage with learning.

Main responsibilities will be to work within the family and student wellbeing support team. You will support students in overcoming individual barriers to learning by providing opportunities aimed at raising their standards of achievement, social development and self-esteem. You will be involved in services to school-based staff and other external agencies that compliment education and impacts on the life chances of young people. You will also engage with parents/carers and work closely with other members of the wellbeing support team to improve opportunities and outcomes for the students. The successful applicant may also be trained to support the leadership team with undertaking standardised testing.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and safeguarding checks will be carried out.

In accordance with the updated guidelines outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education, it is important to note that as part of our rigorous due diligence process for shortlisted candidates, an online search will be conducted. This essential step allows us to proactively identify any publicly available incidents or issues related to the candidates, which we may want to explore further during the interview stage.

Please be aware that once the initial shortlisting has been completed, this online search will be performed for all candidates scheduled to attend an interview. We are committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of the children and individuals in our care, and this precautionary measure aligns with our dedication to maintaining the highest standards of safeguarding.

All prospective applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom and hold any relevant work permits as required. If you have resided or worked outside of the UK within the last five years, additional information will be necessary to adhere to our stringent safer recruitment standards. Please be aware that any job offer extended to you will be contingent on the successful completion of essential pre-employment checks and the receipt of satisfactory references. These reference checks will be initiated before the interview process commences, ensuring that we maintain the highest level of trust and compliance in our recruitment procedures.

The above post will be subject to a DBS check, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ds-code-of-practice). 'It is an offence for anyone barred from working with children or adults to apply to work in regulated activity with that group'.

This post is subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and other pre-employment checks where applicable.

Please submit your application online, where you can also view the full job description and person specification.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should suitable candidates be appointed before the advertised closing date.

For an informal discussion for this post please contact Amanda Antrobus, HR Officer on 01724 842960 or email [email protected]

Closing date for applications Friday 25th September 2026 at 12:00pm

The Council

We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values - equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility - in all that we do.

The Benefits

Staff discounts

Annual leave

Access to pensions

Salary sacrifice
schemes

Free car parking

Eye test and glasses reimbursements