Mental Health Teaching Assistant – Surbiton, Kingston Upon Thames
September 2026 Start
£100 - £110 PAYE per day
Permanent Contract Opportunity
What does it take to stay calm when a young person's emotions are anything but? Can you offer consistency to a child who expects people to give up on them?
If those questions resonate with you, keep reading.
About the Role
A specialist SEMH school in Surbiton, Kingston Upon Thames, is seeking a Mental Health Teaching Assistant to join their team from September 2026. This rewarding role involves supporting pupils aged 8 to 16 with a range of Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs, alongside associated conditions including ADHD, Autism, attachment difficulties and trauma-related behaviours.
Working within a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in helping pupils regulate their emotions, develop positive relationships and engage successfully in learning.
About the School
This specialist provision supports young people who have often faced significant challenges in their educational journeys. Many arrive with low self-esteem, high anxiety, and previous experiences of school environments where they struggled to thrive.
The school takes a therapeutic, relationship-based approach, placing emotional wellbeing at the centre of everything it does. Small class sizes, structured routines and close collaboration between education...