18th May start

Full Time

Posted about 15 hours ago

Expiring 22nd July

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Southampton

Job description

A School Health and Wellbeing Lead drives a whole-school strategy for mental, physical, and emotional health, acting as a key senior leader. They create supportive environments, implement wellbeing initiatives, provide staff training, and manage referrals for student mental health needs. This role often involves safeguarding duties. Key Responsibilities & Duties Strategy & Leadership: Develop and implement the school's Health and Wellbeing Strategy, ensuring a "whole school" approach. Student Support: Identify and support students with mental health, emotional, or social barriers to learning, including coordinating with external agencies. Staff Wellbeing: Promote a positive work-life balance for staff, offering resources and promoting self-care. Safeguarding: Act as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), promoting child safety and wellbeing. Policy & Training: Create and update wellbeing policies, and provide staff training on mental health topics, such as identifying early signs of distress. Curriculum Integration: Work with staff to embed wellbeing, resilience, and emotional literacy into the curriculum Ideally you will have school experience and/or sport coaching background and/or experience of offsite activities e.g. Forest School and ideally a driving license

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General Cover Class Teaching Assistant - Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole Primary
Primary school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole • Full Time
20 Apr 2026
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Posted about 1 month ago
Physical Education Class Teacher - Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole Sen-school
SEN School school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole • Full Time
30 Mar 2026
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Posted about 2 months ago
SEN TA- Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole Secondary
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Transition Support: Helping students navigate the "liminal" parts of the day—arriving at school, moving between classrooms, or preparing for the move to post-16 education. 3. Liaison & Advocacy The "Voice" of the Student: Ensuring the student’s perspective is included in their Annual Review or Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) meetings. Family Support: Acting as a consistent point of contact for parents, offering strategies for the home that mirror the support provided in school. Multi-Agency Collaboration: Working with Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs), Educational Psychologists, and Social Workers to ensure a 360-degree support system. Key Skills for the SEN Setting Skill Application Active Listening Picking up on non-verbal cues from students who may have limited communication. Relational Stability Being a "consistent adult" for students who may have attachment issues or trauma. Resilience Maintaining a calm, non-judgmental exterior during physically or verbally challenging behavior. Data Tracking Monitoring "ABC" (Antecedent-Behaviour-Consequence) charts to find patterns in a student's dysregulation. A Typical Day in an SEN School Morning Entry: Meeting a specific student at the school gate who struggles with the transition from the car to the building. 1:1 Session: Using a "Social Story" to help a student with Autism understand why a regular teacher is absent today. Break-time Duty: Monitoring the playground not just for safety, but to "coach" social interactions between students who find unstructured time difficult. In-Class Support: Sitting with a student during a high-trigger lesson (like Science or Music) to provide "emotional scaffolding" so they stay in the room. Reporting: Meeting with the SENCo (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) to review the impact of a 6-week anger management intervention. 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Identifying and Removing Barriers Individual Action Plans: Creating bespoke mentoring plans that address specific hurdles, such as a "school refusal" plan for a student with high anxiety. Social Skills Groups: Facilitating "Circle of Friends" or Lego Therapy groups to help students practice turn-taking, social cues, and conflict resolution. Transition Support: Helping students navigate the "liminal" parts of the day—arriving at school, moving between classrooms, or preparing for the move to post-16 education. 3. Liaison & Advocacy The "Voice" of the Student: Ensuring the student’s perspective is included in their Annual Review or Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) meetings. Family Support: Acting as a consistent point of contact for parents, offering strategies for the home that mirror the support provided in school. Multi-Agency Collaboration: Working with Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs), Educational Psychologists, and Social Workers to ensure a 360-degree support system. Key Skills for the SEN Setting Skill Application Active Listening Picking up on non-verbal cues from students who may have limited communication. Relational Stability Being a "consistent adult" for students who may have attachment issues or trauma. Resilience Maintaining a calm, non-judgmental exterior during physically or verbally challenging behavior. Data Tracking Monitoring "ABC" (Antecedent-Behaviour-Consequence) charts to find patterns in a student's dysregulation. A Typical Day in an SEN School Morning Entry: Meeting a specific student at the school gate who struggles with the transition from the car to the building. 1:1 Session: Using a "Social Story" to help a student with Autism understand why a regular teacher is absent today. Break-time Duty: Monitoring the playground not just for safety, but to "coach" social interactions between students who find unstructured time difficult. In-Class Support: Sitting with a student during a high-trigger lesson (like Science or Music) to provide "emotional scaffolding" so they stay in the room. Reporting: Meeting with the SENCo (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) to review the impact of a 6-week anger management intervention. Qualifications & Requirements Experience: Significant experience working with children with SEND (Autism, ADHD, SEMH, or PMLD). Specific Training: Certifications in ELSA, Nurture Group theory, or Trauma-Informed Practice are highly valued. Safeguarding: A deep understanding of "Keeping Children Safe in Education" (KCSiE), as SEN students are often more vulnerable.
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Posted 3 months ago
SEN Teaching Assistant - Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole Sen-school
SEN School school in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole • Full Time
29 Apr 2026
About this Role Do you have experience of working with young people and want to use your talents to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable children? We are looking for a committed and professional Teaching Assistant to provide support and guidance to the pupils they work with, leading on aspects of their provision and provide occasional class cover. Through the opportunities offered in this role, it would be an ideal step for those looking to further advance their career or to gain further skills within the sector. Nigel Bowes Academy is an Outstanding primary school for children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs. By providing a calm and learning-focused environment, our pupils flourish and achieve, leading to accelerated outcomes in all areas of their development. Our school has a community feel and we take the time to ensure we are always striving to achieve the best. The role is primarily class-based, working alongside a teacher with a group of up to 8 pupils. The focus of the role is to support the pupils’ learning, wellbeing and ensuring positive behaviour for learning, along with maintaining the classroom environment to a high standard. We recognise the value of effective teamwork and our Teaching Assistants are very much part of both our Class Teams and the wider Whole School team. Their input forms an integral part of our provision and is valued by all staff, including the Senior Leadership Team. The successful candidate will have a flexible approach, be willing to gain knowledge and experience of working with children in KS1-2 who have social, emotional and mental health difficulties through CPD training. The post requires someone who is highly resilient, able to work well as a member of a successful team and someone who has highly developed interpersonal skills and a good sense of humour.…About this Role Do you have experience of working with young people and want to use your talents to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable children? We are looking for a committed and professional Teaching Assistant to provide support and guidance to the pupils they work with, leading on aspects of their provision and provide occasional class cover. Through the opportunities offered in this role, it would be an ideal step for those looking to further advance their career or to gain further skills within the sector. Nigel Bowes Academy is an Outstanding primary school for children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs. By providing a calm and learning-focused environment, our pupils flourish and achieve, leading to accelerated outcomes in all areas of their development. Our school has a community feel and we take the time to ensure we are always striving to achieve the best. The role is primarily class-based, working alongside a teacher with a group of up to 8 pupils. The focus of the role is to support the pupils’ learning, wellbeing and ensuring positive behaviour for learning, along with maintaining the classroom environment to a high standard. We recognise the value of effective teamwork and our Teaching Assistants are very much part of both our Class Teams and the wider Whole School team. Their input forms an integral part of our provision and is valued by all staff, including the Senior Leadership Team. The successful candidate will have a flexible approach, be willing to gain knowledge and experience of working with children in KS1-2 who have social, emotional and mental health difficulties through CPD training. The post requires someone who is highly resilient, able to work well as a member of a successful team and someone who has highly developed interpersonal skills and a good sense of humour.
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