SEN Learning Support Assistant (Social, Emotional, Mental Health)

Van Gogh Primary, London, SW9 6HF

25 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  13 April 2026

• Closing date

  9 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 35 hours per week during term time only.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,086 and £31,530 to be adjusted to term time

What skills and experience we're looking for

Essential

• Experience of and interest in working with students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health issues

• Minimum GCSE grade C or above, or 4-9, or functional skills level 2 in Maths and English

• Qualifications in, or willingness to work toward accreditation of, working with students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health issues

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to handle situations with tact and sensitivity involving staff and students

• Excellent behaviour management skills

• Ability to manage and prioritise workload

• Effective use of ICT to support learning

• Understanding of relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation

• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusion

General

• Level 4 Award in SEMH would be helpful for this post

• General understanding of national curriculum and other basic learning programmes/strategies

• Basic understanding of child development and learning

• Ability to identify learning needs

• Ability to scaffold work, in particular in English and Maths

• Display a commitment and an ability to contribute to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people

• Work as part of a team

• Demonstrate personal integrity

• Work to support the aims and ethos of the school

• Flexibility in the approach to work and the demands of the post

• Willingness to undertake professional development.

What the school offers its staff

We want an educational experience which provides excellence for - and expects it from - everyone. We know that this is best achieved in a school where:

• the offer is broad, balanced, inclusive, enriching and effective in meeting the needs of young people;

• staff and students are supported and challenged to be the best versions of themselves;

• relationships are positive, well established and healthy;

• practice is based on evidence and underpinned by the notion that ‘we can always do better’.

Individuals who join the Trust will also have access to a range of benefits including a 24 hour Employee Assistance Programme and a choice of two bicycle schemes.

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

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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SEN LSA (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) Job Description and Person Specification.pdf - 199 KB (opens in new tab)

About Van Gogh Primary

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 274 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Van Gogh Primary website
• Email address: dole-muttonen.a@det.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/van-gogh-primary

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