Teaching Assistant - SEMH Specialist Resource Base (2 positions)

Watton Junior School, Thetford, Norfolk, IP25 6AL

10 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  14 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  3 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13,617

Teaching Assistant - SEMH Specialist Resource Base (2 positions) job summary

Teaching Assistant - SEMH Specialist Resource Base (2 positions)

23 hours (08:45 -14:30 / 09:30 – 15:15)

Days of the Week: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, Friday

Term Time + 1 Week

Scale D pt 5

Actual Salary £13,617

Permanent

Required start date: 5 January 2026

Clarion Corvus Trust is a multi-academy trust of mainstream primary, secondary in Norfolk and Suffolk.

Clarion Corvus Trust are recruiting for a SEMH Specialist Resource Base (SRB) Teaching Assistants to join our education team at our Watton schools of Watton Westfield Infant and Nursery School and Watton Junior School.

We are looking for a Teaching Assistants to work in the school’s Specialist Resource Base in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures and in line with the School/Academy’s Service Level Agreement with Norfolk County Council.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team in a purpose built SEMH SRB which opened in September 2024. The successful candidate will access a specific specialised training with the support of the local authority.

The ideal candidate will maintain the highest standards of teaching, learning, specialist support and safeguarding for the pupils within the SRB, enabling pupils to make accelerated progress and to meet their special educational needs.

The ideal candidate will have experience in supporting children with SEMH needs and trauma informed practice. They will be able to create a sense of safety through routines and emotional support to ensure that all the special educational needs of the students are met. They will support the lead teacher/teacher/HLTA to deliver a curriculum to address SEMH needs including small group work and interventions. The ideal candidate will be a reflective practitioner who is proactive in their job role.

The ideal candidate will be a part of a team of teaching and support staff within the SRB, which enables individuals to operate at their best, supporting their continued professional development in a cycle of continuous improvement.

If you would like an informal chat about this exciting role, please contact the Lead Teacher - Mrs Sophie Santy (apollosemh@wattonjunior.org or our Junior School Office - office.wjs@wattonjunior.org

Visits to the Base are welcomed – please contact the Lead Teacher or Junior School Office to arrange these.

Application forms can be downloaded from our website www.clarioncorvus.org.uk

Closing Date: 9.00am Friday 14 November 2025 

Interviews: Wednesday 19th November 2025

Clarion Corvus Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website

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

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

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 Watton Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 299 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Watton Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/watton-junior-school

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