Location: BS32 Start Date: September 2025 (or sooner for the right candidate) Type: Full-time / Permanent | Term-time hours Salary: From £13.89/hour ________________________________________ An opportunity to make a real difference Are you a Psychology graduate eager to apply your academic knowledge in a therapeutic and educational setting? Join a purpose-built specialist school where education, therapy, and futures are seamlessly woven together. This school supports pupils mainly aged 8–16 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, often co-occurring with autism, ADHD, attachment disorders, and communication difficulties. ________________________________________ Why you'll love working here • Therapeutic integration: Education is closely intertwined with high-quality clinical support, including psychologists, psychiatrists, speech & language and occupational therapists. The in-school Clinical Team ensures personalised interventions based on attachment principles and individual formulation • Small class sizes: No more than 8 pupils per class enables truly bespoke learning and social development support • Futures-focused curriculum: A long-term commitment to each student’s development, with workplace links and transition pathways into further education, training, and employment via a structured futures program • Celebrating "huge small victories": Every step forward counts here—whether it's engagement in a task or improved regulation—each success is valued and builds momentum ________________________________________ The role: What you'll be doing As a Graduate Mental Health Teaching Assistant, you’ll work alongside teachers, therapists, and the Clinical Team to deliver day-to-day support embedded with therapeutic insights: • Assist in implementing highly personalised, trauma-informed plans in classroom settings • Support pupils with SEMH needs to access learning, by helping them with emotional regulation, communication and engagement strategies • Facilitate evidence-based therapeutic approaches, collaborating with clinicians to bring recommended interventions into daily routines • Deliver interventions aligned to your Psychology background—CBT-informed activities, resilience building, mindfulness or social emotional skills • Build trusting relationships with pupils, peers and families to promote emotional safety and school readiness ________________________________________ Who should apply? This position is ideal for someone who: • Holds a Psychology degree, ideally with modules in child/adolescent mental health, developmental psychology or neurodevelopmental conditions • Has experience or interest in working with young people who have SEMH, ASD, ADHD, or emotional trauma • Demonstrates maturity, resilience, empathy, and a relational approach to supporting children • Is committed to professional growth: keen to learn from a clinical team, develop therapeutic practice and progress within special education You don’t need prior classroom experience—just the right mindset, empathy, and interest in embedding psychological insight into everyday educational practice. ________________________________________ What the employer offers: • A structured induction and continued on-the-job training, with access to a leading Clinical Development programme • Clinical supervision from a multidisciplinary team of experts • Excellent CPD and career progression INDBRI<br/><br />If you are interested, then please click on the apply button and contact Laura Dowson on 0117 472 2400 l Ext: 2014.<br /><br />If you are not interested in this role but know someone else who might be, <strong>don&#39;t forget that we offer &pound;50 in shopping vouchers if you refer a friend to us and we place them in the job.</strong> For more details, contact your local Axcis office.<br /><br /><em>This is a temporary position, unless stated otherwise.</em><br /><br /><em>Axcis is an equal opportunities employer and as such we do not discriminate based on age, gender, disability, race or any other equal opportunities criteria.<br /><br />The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As such, you will be required to provide an up to date DBS, or be prepared to allow Axcis to process one on your behalf, in addition to other mandatory compliance checks in line with the DfE guidelines (for details please see our website).<br /><br />If the position you are applying for involves working with children or vulnerable adults, this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.</em><br /><br /><em>Axcis Education is an employment agency offering temporary supply work for daily, short-term and long-term assignments in addition to permanent positions.<br /><br />You must be suitably qualified for the position advertised and be prepared to attend a face to face interview with Axcis to demonstrate your suitability for this role.<br /><br />Salary / Pay Rate will be dependent on your skills and experience.</em><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#e0004d;"><a href="/job-page-disclaimer">View the disclaimer</a></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#e0004d;"><strong>Contact: </strong></span><strong> Laura Dowson&nbsp;</strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#e0004d;">Telephone: </span> 0117 472 2400 l Ext: 2014</strong></strong>