Mental Health Teaching Assistant

Leader Education are currently recruiting Mental Health Teaching Assistants to support students in a specialist school in Stockport. This role is ideal for candidates with experience supporting young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, anxiety, trauma, or other mental health challenges.

As a Mental Health Teaching Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting students' emotional wellbeing, helping them to regulate their feelings, build resilience, and engage positively with their learning.

• Support students experiencing mental health difficulties, including anxiety, low mood, and emotional dysregulation.
• Implement strategies to promote emotional wellbeing, resilience, and self-regulation.
• Provide 1:1 and small group support for pupils requiring additional emotional and mental health guidance.
• Help create a safe, nurturing, and structured learning environment.
• Work closely with teaching staff, pastoral teams, and the SENCO to support individual student needs.
• Monitor and track students' emotional and behavioural progress, providing feedback to staff.

• Experience supporting young people with SEMH needs or mental health challenges.
• Understanding of mental health support strategies within an educational setting.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to remain calm, empathetic, and supportive under pressure.
• Resilient, patient, and positive attitude. What We Offer:
  • Ongoing Support and Training
  • In-house Team Teach Training
  • Your own dedicated consultant
  • Full compliance with AWR to ensure you receive the correct pay and working conditions

  As part of our Safer Recruitment, you will be required to go through our vetting process before working in a school. For this role, you will require an Enhanced Child or Child and Adults DBS. This is mandatory to work in a school, and if you do not currently hold one, you can apply through Leader Education.