SEMH Base Secondary Specialist Resource Base Learning Support Assistant
Sheringham High School, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8ND27 days remaining to apply
Job start date
30 November 2026
Closing date
18 October 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £22,513.00 - £24,530.00 Annually (Actual) 37 hours per week. Term time plus 1 week. Salary dependant on experience.
SEMH Base Secondary Specialist Resource Base Learning Support Assistant job summary
About this Role
The SEMH Base Learning Support Assistant plays an important role in supporting students placed within the SEMH Base who present with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.
Working under the direction of the SEMH Base Lead Teacher and the Pastoral Lead, the Learning Support Assistant will support students’ academic learning, social development and emotional wellbeing. The role involves delivering targeted interventions with individuals or groups of students and providing classroom support to ensure students can access learning and develop positive behaviours.
Experience of supporting young people with SEMH needs is essential. Knowledge and practical application of Thrive approaches, trauma-informed practice and attachment aware strategies are highly desirable.
The Learning Support Assistant will help create a safe, structured and supportive environment where students feel respected, understood and able to engage with learning.
The role requires a reliable and flexible team member who can build positive relationships with students while maintaining clear expectations and professional boundaries.
About You
We are looking for someone who has:
- Experience working with children or young people with SEMH needs
- Experience working within a school or educational setting
- A calm, patient and empathetic approach
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Ability to build positive and trusting relationships with students
- Resilience and proactive attitude in challenging situations
- Relevant qualifications (e.g. Level 2/3 Teaching Assistant) are advantageous
We value the individuality and creativity that every worker potentially brings to the workforce. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and all staff and volunteers must share the same commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applicants irrespective of race, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation and/or age.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion or belief. Only applications submitted on the official application form will be considered.
Sheringham High School is committed to the protection and safety of its students
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Sheringham High School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 630 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Sheringham High School became an Academy in 2011 and is situated on the North Norfolk coast, forty or so minutes from Norwich. Until September 2021, Sheringham High was the central high school in the North Norfolk Academy Trust which has now merged with Synergy MAT.
We are a popular School that caters for over 700 students aged from 11 to 18 who live in Sheringham, Holt and the many surrounding villages. The School occupies a wonderful campus set in its own spacious playing fields with views of the sea.
Visitors comment on the very positive relationships between staff and students, and recognise the focus on learning in a caring and supportive environment. We provide a rich extra-curricular programme that includes a range of artistic, social, technological, literary, linguistic, sporting, dramatic, STEM and musical activities which the appointee should be looking to support.
Our best ambassadors are our students and we warmly welcome potential applicants to visit the School and see it in action.
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