# Specialist SEMH Support Worker

**Company**: London Borough of Merton
**Location**: London Borough of Merton
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: GBP 39,519 - 40,575 per year
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

We are seeking a hardworking and enthusiastic person to join our well-established and highly regarded SEMH Team.

In this post, you will be working with pupils and staff to promote inclusion of pupils with a wide range of needs, many of whom have experienced developmental trauma and some of whom are neuro-diverse.

You will need to build effective rapport and relationships with pupils by offering practical support and by providing support and guidance to the adults in schools through modelling of good practice.

You will need to be flexible in your approach and have the confidence to use your initiative in dealing with challenging situations that also reflect the core values of care, welfare, safety and security.

You will have had recent experience in a professional and/or voluntary capacity of working with children with social, emotional and mental health needs, this could be in schools, youth settings including early help; transition work; targeted youth support; targeted children’s support or supporting young people and their families in other services.

You must have good communication skills to be able to work with professionals and parents in this role to reduce anxiety and to work in partnership.

You will be joining a dynamic and forward-thinking team, that aims to promote inclusion and innovation in our schools.

The salary for this post is £39,519 to £40,575 per annum, pro rata - term time only.

## Skills

### Required
- communication skills
- support and guidance
- flexible approach
- initiative
- care, welfare, safety and security

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