SEMH Lead

The Bromfords School, Wickford, Essex, SS12 0LZ

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  1 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,766.00 - £24,911.00 Annually (Actual)

SEMH Lead job summary

We are seeking to appoint an SEMH Lead to oversee the support and inclusion of students to who require our help and support to remove barriers to their opportunities for success in school. The postholder will focus particularly on students with SEMH needs and will play a pivotal role in working with our Pastoral Team to cater for some of our most vulnerable students. The postholder will also work closely with our SENCO in providing targeted mental health support.

Principal Responsibilities

• Overseeing the support and inclusion of students with SEMH needs.
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils, whilst supporting pupils consistently, recognising and responding to individual needs. Work closely with the Pastoral Team and SENCO to put provisions in place for named students regularly assessing students’ needs and progress.
• Ensuring the safety and welfare of students, adhering to safeguarding procedures and reporting concerns to the DSL/DDSL.
• To work with teachers and non-teaching staff to ensure that appropriate strategies and resources are being used to promote effective student self-management.
• Develop relationships with external agencies and providers to implement provision when necessary.
• Work closely with individual students and groups of students, arranging regular meetings and check ins to help foster strong relationships and encourage positive engagement with school.
• Liaise regularly with families, updating parents/carers on the progress of their children and provisions that are in place or being considered.
• Create, share and maintain support plans that help ensure consistent approaches are taken with named students, including One Plans where required.
• Maintain records of student referrals and support, analysing data to track the impact of provision that is in place.

Compass Education Trust is currently engaged in discussions which are expected to result in the transfer of all schools to Harris Federation with effect from 1 September 2026. Any employment commencing from 1 September 2026 will not be directly impacted under TUPE, but if the proposed transfer proceeds, it is anticipated that your employment will commence with Harris Federation rather than Compass Education Trust. Further details will be discussed with you at the interview stage.

The School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The Bromfords School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be offered a position subject to full pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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 The Bromfords School

• School type: Academies, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1135 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Bromfords School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-bromfords-school-wickford

The core purpose of our school is to enable every young person to achieve their full potential, in every aspect of their lives. We are a school where it is important for our students to feel happy, safe and able to express themselves.

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