Teaching Assistant

Location:

Harlow (CM18) – Essex, South East, United Kingdom

Salary:

£100 – 120 per day

Type:

Temporary

Start Date: 

06 Apr 2026

Contract Period: 

1 year

Main Industry:

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Advertiser:

TLTP Education

Job ID:

132793957

Posted On: 

23 March 2026

Teaching Assistant needed for an SEMH School in Harlow

Do you have a background in SEMH, SEBD or ASD? Have you had experience with challenging behaviour? Do you have Team Teach or MAPA training? Have you covered lessons? Experience tutoring or teaching small groups?

This specialist school based in Harlow is looking for a special needs SEMH Teaching Assistant with experience of working with challenging children and young people.

This is a specialist SEMH School that caters for young people who have been excluded or are at risk of being excluded from a mainstream school.

The successful Teaching Assistant will have the opportunity to work in this outstanding school with an international reputation in special education expertise, curriculum and resources.

Teaching Assistants must have experience working with mental health problems and complex behaviours.

This school believes that all young people should be provided with appropriate education in a safe, stable, and supportive learning environment.

As a Teaching Assistant, you will be working with secondary-aged pupils who have SEMH/SEBD needs and challenging behaviour. Some students are academic, and they range from KS3-KS4.

You will be given opportunities to succeed through the use of highly personalised individual education plans to help support students.

Teaching Assistants will need:

* Excellent behaviour management skills
* The ability to build positive relationships with young people and staff
* The ability to cover a range of lessons when needed
* Good knowledge/experience working with children with SEMH within a special needs environment
* Experience working with secondary-aged pupils
* To collaborate with the classroom teacher to define appropriate activities in relation to the curriculum
* To assess pupils with long- or short-term learning difficulties and work with colleagues to identify individual needs
* To liaise with other professionals such as social workers, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, and educational psychologists

This is a full-time, long-term position and will lead to a permanent role if successful.

Skills and experience required are as follows:

* SEN
* EBD
* Mental Health experience
* ASD
* Excellent behaviour management
* Current DBS on the update service
* Classroom experience
* Experience working with primary or secondary pupils
* Experience supporting a range of subjects

The school offers:

* A committed and enthusiastic staff
* Quality professional development
* An exciting opportunity to shape the future of the school and set a culture of achievement and progress for all pupils
* A purposeful, happy, and supportive environment with learning at its centre

If you engage students in a positive way, this will be a very satisfying role and will look great on your CV.

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