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SEMH Teacher Wanted (PRU) - Temp to Perm Opportunity

Job Description

🌟 SEMH Teacher Wanted - Temp to Perm Opportunity | Alternative Provision (AP/PRU Setting) 🌟

📍 Location: Lambeth
📅 Start Date: ASAP or by arrangement
💼 Contract Type: Full-Time, Temp to Perm
💷 Daily Rate: £150 - £250 (depending on experience)
📈 Permanent Salary: Pay to Scale (MPS/UPS)

Do you have the passion, resilience and creativity to work with young people who need more than just a classroom teacher?

We're currently recruiting for a dedicated and compassionate SEMH Teacher to join a supportive and specialist setting catering to students with complex needs including SEMH, EBD, Autism, SEN and other barriers to learning. This is a full-time role in an Alternative Provision / PRU with the potential to become permanent for the right candidate.

💡 About the Role:

  • Deliver engaging and differentiated lessons to students with social, emotional and mental health needs

  • Work within a therapeutic and supportive team environment

  • Contribute to personalised learning plans and positive behaviour strategies

  • Support students with limited academic engagement and build meaningful relationships

  • Full classroom responsibilities with support from a highly skilled staff team

✅ About You:

  • Ideally hold QTS, but we also welcome applicants with backgrounds including PGCE, PTTLS, DET Level 5, or equivalent teaching experience

  • Experience working in SEMH, PRU, EBD, or SEN settings is highly desirable

  • Confident managing challenging behaviour in a calm, consistent and empathetic manner

  • Able to foster trust, respect and emotional growth in learners with complex needs

🏆 What You'll Get:

  • Competitive daily pay through agency: £150 - £250

  • Clear pathway to permanent employment with progression opportunities

  • Supportive SLT and committed colleagues

  • Ongoing CPD and training in trauma-informed practice, de-escalation and SEN strategies

  • A chance to make a real difference in the lives of young people

If you're a resilient, reflective and motivated educator ready to rise to a challenge and make an impact, we want to hear from you.

📩 Apply now and join a team where every day is different, and every success matters.

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