Interventionist

Larwood School, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 5BZ

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  9th March 2026

• Closing date

  20 February 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  28 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,071.00 - £32,763.00 Annually (FTE)

Interventionist job summary

SEMH Interventionist / Learning Support Assistant

Brighter Futures Educational Trust

Hours: 32 hours per week | 39 weeks per year

Grade: H6/1

Contract: Fixed-term with 6-month probation (potential to become permanent)

Brighter Futures Educational Trust is seeking a skilled and emotionally attuned SEMH Interventionist to deliver targeted, therapeutic interventions for children and young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs.

This role is ideal for someone who is confident working 1:small group and 1:1 within a planned intervention model, and who understands that behaviour is communication.

About the role

You will:

Deliver structured SEMH interventions to individuals and small groups, supporting emotional regulation, resilience and readiness to learn

Act as a key relational adult for identified students, providing consistency and emotional containment

Implement and review Individual Education Plans, Behaviour Support Plans and Risk Assessments

Track and evaluate the impact of interventions, sharing outcomes with the SENCo and wider team

Work collaboratively with teachers, therapists, families and external agencies

Support transitions, de-escalation and regulation strategies across the school day

About you

You will:

Have experience delivering interventions to children with SEMH, ADHD and/or ASD

Understand trauma-informed and therapeutic approaches to behaviour and emotional regulation

Be reflective, calm and resilient, particularly when supporting dysregulated students

Be confident working both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Be committed to safeguarding and promoting student wellbeing

We offer

A specialist SEMH environment with a strong relational and therapeutic ethos

Ongoing training and supervision in SEMH and trauma-informed practice

The opportunity to make measurable impact through targeted intervention work

A supportive and collaborative staff team

This post involves a high level of contact with children and vulnerable young people and is subject to Enhanced DBS checks and safer recruitment procedures.

To apply: Please refer to the full job description and person specification for further details.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Larwood School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and all staff are carefully vetted. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and DBS checks.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Larwood School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• School size: 117 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Larwood School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/larwood-school-stevenage

Larwood School is a dynamic and successful primary special school with an innovative and constantly evolving curriculum for boys and girls with social, emotional and mental health related difficulties.

We wish to appoint a passionate, dedicated and determined classroom teacher for January 2024 or sooner if possible.

All of our pupils have Education Health Care Plans, but thrive in our nurturing and well structured environment. You will need to be resilient and ready for the challenges that we face with our pupils. However, you can be assured that your work will transform lives!

We were judged as ‘good’ by Ofsted in all areas during inspection in November 2022 and 'outstanding' for Behaviour. We became an academy school in Nov 2016 and are the lead school in a 2-school multi academy trust. We also provide outreach support for primary schools within Stevenage, focusing on behaviour management support strategies.

Class sizes are small, usually no more than 10 pupils. We are superbly resourced. All teaching groups have a teacher and teaching assistant to work with pupils.

Our constant challenge is to review and alter our practice to ensure the very best outcomes for our pupils. We have a wide range of initiatives in place from bespoke intervention support, counselling, animal assisted therapy to an interactive thematic curriculum which engages and inspires our pupils.

All staff are trained in the use of Hertfordshire Steps as a behaviour management system.

We have a range of well-being initiatives and numerous opportunities for growth and development. This includes:

Financial benefits such as Healthcare Cash Plan and access to a range of discounts with various stores and activities via Medicash
Direct access to a doctor at a time/place that suits you using Medicash
Free staff fitness session (on site) each week
Dedicated staff attendance reward scheme
Access to counselling and physiotherapy should you need it (subject to conditions)
Dedicated training program
Varied CPD opportunities
Support for Masters degree study.

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