Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Practice Lead
East Surrey College, Redhill, Surrey
Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Practice Lead
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East Surrey College, Redhill, Surrey
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 30 Sep | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 708590b4409748aa966a520f8cbef93b
Location ref: Redhill, Surrey
Full Job Description
We are seeking an experienced and passionate SEMH Practice Lead to provide professional, operational and specialist leadership for a key area of SEND provision across our colleges. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and coordinate support for learners with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs, ensuring high-quality, consistent and effective support that enables learners to engage, progress and achieve. Working as part of the Inclusion and Wellbeing Team, you will lead a structured SEMH intervention offer for students, apprentices and adult learners. Through effective identification, intervention and support, you will help drive improvements in learner engagement, attendance, retention, achievement and successful progression. As SEMH Practice Lead, you will lead the development and delivery of support provision for learners presenting with SEMH needs across the College Group. You will champion trauma-informed and relational approaches, providing specialist guidance to curriculum and support staff to promote inclusive practice and effective support strategies.
We are looking for a dedicated professional with experience of supporting young people in an educational or related setting and a strong understanding of the challenges faced by vulnerable learners.,
- A relevant qualification in SEND, SEMH, education, wellbeing or a related field, or a willingness to work towards one.
- Knowledge and understanding of the SEND Code of Practice.
- Experience of applying strategies to improve engagement, attendance and retention.
- Understanding of safeguarding and child protection responsibilities.
- Knowledge of trauma-informed practice and relational approaches.
Salary Range £36,721 per annum (full-time equivalent). Actual salary: £33,981 per annum, based on a 40-week working year, If this sounds like you and you will enjoy working in a forward thinking, friendly, fast paced, changing environment with state of the art facilities, we would love to hear from you. In return, we offer a competitive salary, as well as staff benefits such a choice of two excellent pension schemes, life assurance, free onsite parking and access to our fully equipped gym along with discounted in house Spa and Salon treatments.