Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner / Mentor - SEMH School

Location: Tower Hamlets, East London
Contract: Full-Time, Long-Term
Start: ASAP
Pay: Competitive, dependent on experience

Remedy Education are currently recruiting for a Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner / Mentor to join a specialist SEMH school in Tower Hamlets.

The role will involve supporting pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, helping them to regulate emotions, manage behaviour, build confidence and engage positively with education.

The Role

• Provide 1:1 and small-group mentoring

• Support pupils with emotional regulation, anxiety and challenging behaviour

• Build strong, trusting relationships with young people

• Deliver wellbeing and pastoral interventions

• Support pupils during difficult or dysregulated periods

• Work closely with teaching, pastoral and safeguarding teams

• Help improve engagement, attendance and behaviour

• Maintain appropriate safeguarding and intervention records

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone with:

• Experience supporting children or young people with SEMH needs

• Strong behaviour management and de-escalation skills

• A calm, patient and resilient approach

• Good safeguarding knowledge

• Experience within a school, PRU, alternative provision, youth work, mental health or similar setting

Experience as a Learning Mentor, Behaviour Mentor, Pastoral Support Worker, Youth Worker or Mental Health Practitioner would be highly desirable.

An Enhanced DBS on the Update Service is preferred.

If you are passionate about supporting young people with SEMH needs, please apply today or contact Aaron at Remedy Education for further information.