SEMH Practitioner

SEMH Practitioner

Job Type:  Permanent

Hours or work: 37 hours per week x 39 weeks per year

Salary calculated in line with NJC Grade c pay scale, point 5 - 7 £24,790 - £25,584 FTE per annum.

Actual salary: £21,378 - £22,063

We are now recruiting for an SEMH Practitioner to support students across campus with their social, emotional and mental health, including students with recognised needs as well as those with emerging needs. The successful candidate will build strong positive relationships with students enabling them to unpick their barriers to learning and coordinate a response through the graduated approach to facilitate learning and overall positive engagement with school.

If you have a positive and proactive attitude with exceptional communication skills to build and maintain good rapport with students we would welcome your application.

Main duties and responsibilities

● To use specialist skills, training and experience to support students with SEMH needs

● Lead activities with individuals or small groups of students to support their social, emotional and mental health within a safe and nurturing environment

● Ensure a stimulating and well-structured learning environment suitable for pupils with SEMH difficulties

● Promote and reinforce self-esteem and encourage achievement

● Encourage students to be ‘responsible, resilient and respectful’ whilst recognising their individual SEMH needs

● Plan and deliver targeted interventions for students needing to access additional SEMH support, maintaining adequate records and reviewing impact

● Identify targets for students that have an identified SEMH need and facilitate external agency support, e/g Early Help, CAMHS

● Use an appropriate range of observation, assessment and monitoring to identify strategies to support the SEMH students, feeding back to the leaders within the inclusion team

● To support students for assessment purposes when appropriate

● Where appropriate, to work with students in the classroom or in a withdrawal situation. ● Establish productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model and setting high expectations

● Support students consistently while recognising and responding to their individual SEMH needs within the school grounds and in a variety of other settings as required for example alternative provisions, work experience, community & enrichment activities

● Use a trauma informed or PACE approach to de-escalate student behaviour and support engagement with learning

● Identify patterns of behaviour and contribute to feedback to staff on successful strategies through consultation with student and staff

● Day to day administration tasks include registering students, updating the tracker and maintaining accurate records

● Communicating with parents to support positive engagement

These responsibilities may be varied from time to time to meet the changing needs of the college.

Stoke Damerel Community College & Scott Medical and Healthcare College are a vibrant and aspirational community of teachers and learners. We have an excellent teaching and support staff team who demonstrate and encourage a lifelong love of learning, within and beyond our curriculum.

The successful candidate will work across Stoke Damerel Community College and Scott Medical & Healthcare College. No additional travel is required as the sites are next door to each other.

Our campus is based in the heart of the city of Plymouth with stunning view of the Plymouth Sound and easy walking distance of the most accessible city waterfront. We encourage all young people to work hard and make the most of the opportunities they are given. Our amazing team of teachers and support staff themselves demonstrate and encourage a lifelong love of learning, both within and beyond our curriculum.

We are proud members of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a ‘family’ of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing our own distinctive character. The Trust is a vibrant and forward-thinking community of teachers, support staff and learners committed to educating the ‘whole child’ to improve life chances, whilst securing the best possible outcomes for students.

We welcome applications from individuals who have experience of working with young people either in an educational and/or social care setting. You must be able to establish excellent relationships with pupils and colleagues, and work well within a team. 

For further information on this vacancy, please register for an online account to complete the application form. Please visit our website GLT Vacancies

Close date: 11:59pm on Sunday 12th January 2025

Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All teaching and support members of staff must undertake the required pre-employment checks which include the uptake of references both professional and personal and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.