Psychology Graduate

Psychology Graduate

Location: Litchfield

Contract: Full time (temporary to permanent contract)

Weekly Salary: £425 to £450

Candidate: SEMH and behaviour experience is desirable

Are you a recent psychology graduate looking for a new challenge?

Teaching Personnel are currently working with a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school in Rugeley who are looking for several teaching assistants to start full time Monday to Friday (8:30am to 15:30pm). The school is an independent special school for boys and girls aged from 7 go 18. The outstanding school supports pupils with a variety of complex needs including Social and Emotional Mental Health (SEMH) needs as well as Autism and other SEN needs. The desirable candidate will have knowledge and experience of SEN.

In 2014 TES reported that this school was SEN school of the year, whilst Ofsted have also reported that the outstanding teaching at this school enables pupils to make outstanding progress. The curriculum is complimented by integral therapeutic activities delivered but the psychological and occupational therapy teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting teaching staff in the delivery of lessons
• Delivering small group sessions
• Providing one to one support to students who require additional help
• Monitoring student progress and providing feedback to teaching staff

In order to be considered:

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in psychology or a related field
• Have knowledge of SEN
• Have a passion for education and working with young people
• Hold a current and clear DBS or willing to do a new one

If you would like to apply for this role, please send a copy of your updated CV.

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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