Are you passionate about changing the lives of young people who need you the most? At Raise Education & Wellbeing School, we are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Intervention Support Assistant to join our dynamic, trauma-informed team. This is your chance to make a real difference every daysupporting students with SEMH, ASD and complex needs to feel safe, understood, and ready to learn.

If you thrive in a role where no two days are the same, where your calm presence, emotional intuition, and relationship-building skills truly matter, then this could be the perfect next step in your career. You’ll be working across classrooms, sensory spaces and community settings, helping students regulate, engage and succeed through personalised support and meaningful connections.

Join us in creating a nurturing, empowering environment where every young person can growand where staff are supported, trained and valued just as much.

Job Purpose

To provide individual or small group supervision and emotional and learning support to students with SEMH, ASD or trauma needs. This role focuses on safety, regulation, relationships and engagement in both classroom and non-classroom environments, both on-site and on outreach and across sites

Key Responsibilities

• Provide calm, consistent emotional support to assigned students during the day.
• Supervise students in classrooms, sensory or withdrawal spaces, and during unstructured times (breaks, transitions, off-site).
• Under the direction of the teacher, support individual and group learning.
• Use de-escalation, co-regulation and trauma-informed responses to help students self-regulate.
• Support student safety and engagement during moments of distress or crisis.
• Assist with transitions between activities, locations or reintegration into lessons.
• Liaise with teaching and pastoral staff to ensure consistency in pupil support.
• Complete observation logs, incident reports or behaviour tracking as required.
• Attend relevant safeguarding, behaviour or mental health training.

Essential Qualifications and Experience

• Maths and English Level 4, or above (or equivalent)
• Experience working with young people with SEMH, ASD, or complex SEND needs, in educational, youth work or residential settings.
• Skilled in de-escalation, conflict resolution and trauma-informed approaches.
• Flexible to work across multiple sites and settings (classroom, vocational, outdoors, outreach).
• Understanding of therapeutic or trauma-informed approaches
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to use software and recording information systems
• Commitment to safeguarding, child protection and inclusive practice
• Full driving licence, a fully insured and car available for work

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in care, youth work or health support
• Relevant L2 or L3 qualification in care, support or education
• First Aid/Mental Health First Aid qualification

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What Ofsted said about our school:

“Pupils enjoy attending this school. They like the wide range of experiences in which they can participate and the way staff help them to succeed. The school’s curriculum is ambitious for all pupils and reflects the school’s ethos. It has been designed to help pupils to overcome their considerable barriers to learning”.

Raise the Youth Foundation CIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, sex, marital status, disability, or age. All applicants are considered based on their merits and abilities for the job. All posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks. We operate a strict safeguarding policy which is consistently and rigorously applied.