Job Description

Location: Aylesbury
Start Date: September 2026
Contract: Full Time, Temporary to Permanent
Salary: £90 £115 per day

Providing emotional support is vital to enhancing learning outcomes.
Consistency fosters trust and positive relationships.

As a SEMH Support Assistant, you will work closely with pupils who have social, emotional, and mental health needs, delivering structured and targeted support to help them thrive.

• Deliver tailored SEMH support to individual pupils
• Work one-to-one with pupils to support emotional regulation
• Implement effective support strategies and interventions
• Build trusting and supportive relationships with pupils
• Collaborate with teaching staff to support behaviour management plans

• Maintain a calm and consistent atmosphere
• Focus on relationship-building
• Provide structured and clear support
• Set and uphold clear expectations

• Experience working with SEMH or behavioural needs
• Resilience, patience, and empathy
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build trust and rapport with young people

• Pupils demonstrate improved emotional regulation
• Positive changes in behaviour
• Increased pupil engagement in learning
• Enhanced confidence and self-esteem

Previous experience in SEMH or similar roles is highly desirable.

• Competitive rates of pay
• Recommend-a-friend bonus scheme
• Out-of-hours on-call support service
• Short-term day-to-day and long-term assignments

Please contact The Team on (phone number removed) for further information and to apply below.

Supply Desk offers a £100 Golden Hello bonus for anyone who introduces a teacher or teaching assistant. Please get in touch for further details.

Supply Desk is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check, which must be maintained throughout employment, and meet Safer Recruitment standards.