Job Details

SEN Teaching Assistant – SEMH

Location: Brent, North-West London

Contract: Full-time, long-term temporary

Start date: 8 September 2026

Pay: £90–£100 per day

Key stages: EYFS, KS1 and KS2

Teach Now is recruiting a compassionate but boundaried SEN Teaching Assistant for a long-term SEMH-support position in Brent. You will work with pupils whose emotional needs can affect attendance, relationships, behaviour and engagement with learning. Success in this role will come from being predictable, observant and patient. You will help pupils understand expectations, recover from difficult moments and experience achievement within the classroom. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to develop a career in SEN, pastoral support, educational psychology or therapeutic education.

What the Role Involves

• Establishing positive and professional relationships with identified pupils
• Providing individual and small-group academic support
• Helping pupils use emotional-regulation and communication strategies
• Supporting arrival, transitions, unstructured times and reintegration
• Using praise, choices and clear consequences consistently
• Implementing support plans agreed by teachers and the SENCO
• Responding to dysregulation without confrontation
• Recording progress and incidents accurately
• Sharing relevant observations with the wider support team
• Encouraging social skills, confidence and independence
• Supporting a safe and inclusive environment for all pupils

About You

You should demonstrate:

• Relevant experience with children or young people with SEMH needs
• An understanding of why behaviour may communicate unmet needs
• Strong emotional regulation and professional judgement
• The ability to build rapport without compromising boundaries
• Confidence working collaboratively with teachers and specialists
• A reliable, reflective and non-judgemental approach
• Commitment to safeguarding and confidentiality
• The right to work in the UK
• An Enhanced DBS on the Update Service, or willingness to obtain one
• Two suitable professional references

Applicants with experience in schools, alternative provision, mentoring, youth services, care or family support are encouraged to apply.

What the School Can Offer

A committed pastoral and inclusion team

Clear pupil-support plans and behaviour procedures

Access to specialist advice and school-based training

A diverse community and strong inclusive ethos

Opportunities to contribute to interventions and wellbeing initiatives

A long-term placement where relationships and progress can develop over time

Why work via Teach Now?

Teach-Now are a widely recognised, education recruitment company. We pride ourselves on our high levels of customer service and professional development that we offer our teachers and support staff. We:

• Ensure that you will have your own dedicated consultant who will provide ongoing support and guidance.
• Offer an excellent'refer a friend' scheme that pays you £150 for each candidate you refer to us after they have worked and been paid for their first 10 days.
• Pay in line with the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) meaning you will be paid equally to a permanent employee.
• Give you access to a wide range of CPD training through our in-house team of experienced senior leaders.

Application Process:

Do you feel you meet the criteria for this exciting opportunity? If so, please either apply below or contact Teach-Now directly. All applicants will require the appropriate qualification and training for this role. For teacher roles, we require a formally recognised teaching qualification. If you are not contacted within 2 working days, unfortunately, you have been unsuccessful for this role. However, we will keep your CV and continue to help you in your search for a job within education.