Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant - SEMH FocusNew Alternative Provision | East Riding, YorkshireFull-Time | Term-Time Only | Start: October 2025

This is not your usual classroom job.

A brand-new Alternative Provision is opening in East Riding this October, and Remedy Education is helping build the founding team. We're looking for a Teaching Assistant who gets that behaviour is often just the surface - and knows how to stick with young people even on the tough days.

This setting will support primary and secondary students with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs - pupils who've struggled to settle in mainstream and need a more individual approach to learning, trust, and routine.

If you're calm, firm, and not afraid of a bit of chaos now and then - this might be the role you've been looking for.

• Supporting pupils with emotional regulation, behaviour, and engagement

• Helping students access learning in a way that makes sense for them

• Keeping lessons, transitions, and unstructured times calm and purposeful

• Working closely with teachers and pastoral leads to follow behaviour plans

• Being a consistent, steady adult presence in their school day

• Has experience in SEMH, PRUs, or alternative provision (or similar)

• Can hold boundaries with empathy, not ego

• Doesn't take challenging behaviour personally

• Can adapt quickly, stay grounded, and keep showing up

• Has a current DBS on the update service (or is happy to apply through us)

• A brand-new start, with leadership who want to do things differently

• Full training in behaviour support, safeguarding, and trauma-informed practice

• A small, tight-knit staff team focused on support - not blame

• Clear expectations, real structure, and backing when you need it

• The chance to help shape a brand-new setting from day one

If you've worked in roles where you had to be everything - teacher, coach, mentor, counsellor - you'll fit right in. And if you're ready to make a genuine difference to students who've had a rough start, we'd love to hear from you.

To apply, send your CV to Remedy Education or call us on and ask for Zeki to find out more.

Please note: All applicants must have the right to work in the UK. An enhanced DBS and references will be required as part of safer recruitment practices.