Outwood Grange Academies Trust
SEMH Mentor
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SEMH Mentor
SEMH Mentor – Temporary Position (1 Academic Year)
About the Academy
Location: Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth, near Stockton-on-Tees
Start Date: 01/09/2026 Salary: £25,744 (great for long-term support) Hours: Temporary position, 32.5 hours per week (term time, plus 5 additional days)
Are you a highly qualified professional ready to deliver targeted academic support (especially at GCSE level)? Do you thrive on managing complex student caseloads and designing bespoke intervention programmes?
Join Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth, in partnership with Stockton Virtual School, and help transform the lives of vulnerable students. As a SEMH Mentor, you’ll focus on:
- Proven systems to maximize SEN and SEND attainment, particularly for Looked After Children (LAC).
- Strategic support—managing progress, attendance, and statutory reviews, while ensuring all interventions make a measurable difference.
- Collaborative leadership—working with the LA Virtual School, Ofsted, and external partners to improve outcomes.
The Depth of the Role
Working with children in care is far more than a job—it’s a relationship. As their key adult, you’ll provide:
✔ A predictable, supportive anchor—some children thrive on routine, even when their worlds feel unstable. ✔ Emotional regulation strategies, tailored exactly to their needs—helping them navigate challenge and develop confidence in themselves. ✔ One-click advocacy—balancing high expectations with deep empathy, while fighting against the invisible barriers they carry into school. ✔ Measurement of success through action research, developing data-backed insights to influence school development.
Why would you do it?
Because you understand that academic gains are maiores when trauma is met with a patient response. Because for many children in care, their school is one of their few safe spaces.
Key Responsibilities
✅ SEMH Mentoring & Intervention
- Deliver 1:1 developmental planning, using evidence-based interventions to improve behaviour, resilience, and academic engagement.
- Monitor and demonstrate improvements in emotional resilience, organisational skills, and progress in relation to their EHCP (Education, Health & Care Plans).
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✅ Data-led Strategic Action
- Lead a continuously reviewed action research project, analysing:
- Student progress and attendance trends
- Evaluation of interventions used to inform governance and institutional strategy
- Present data and analysis to academy leaders, governors, and Virtual School stakeholders.
✅ Multi-agency Collaboration
- Work closely with social workers, virtual schools, Ofsted, and external partners to ensure supports align with statutory duties and improve outcomes.
- Play a pivotal role in annual statutory reviews and casework discussions.
✅ Leadership and Training
- Provide internal and external support tobegin in strategic design and implementation of SEMH interventions.
- Contribute to training programs, leading workshops on relationally-minded pedagogy, where beneficial.
- Empower fellow staff members to recognise the role high emotional safety plays in learning outcomes.
Requirements & Qualifications
Must-Have
- Strong understanding of the needs of children with SEND, in line with the SEND Code of Practice.
- Knowledge of principle of Attachment Aware and Trauma-Informed practice (mandatory).
- Ability to manage diverse student populations with compassion and authority, communicating often in the best interests of vulnerable students.
- Willingness to engage regularly across multiple agencies, from local authorities through workplace scrutiny.
Highly Desirable
- Experience within independent or external SEMH programmes, charity backing or partnership frameworks.
- A record of meaningful inter-agency work linkers between key adults, schools, and statutory professionals.
- Professional interest in developing adaptive, trauma-informed environments—that’s what builds sustainable progress.
From the Principal
"It’s not just sheer love of teaching that makes these moments special—it’s a desperate desire to fair our students the one resource many of them claim as missing: the certainty of having someone care enough to see how far they can go."
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At Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth, we do more than teach—we heal a bit of the way. Our becoming a safe haven for students tailored to their needs, while delivering uncompromised academic rigour.
If you are driven to improve life-changing outcomes for children in Stockton—and consider yourself an agent of securing more robust school families—we would love to hear from you.
Storbrough community and its priorities, Outstanding Ofsted rating (2022)
Who We Are & What We Offer
Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) is committed to staff excellence.
Perks & Support
💵 Financial Stability – £25,744 salary, automatic pay progression, Local Government Pension Scheme access. 🌱 Professional Growth – Weighing in on personalised career development selections, supported by our Outwood Institute of Education (OIE). 🔍 Flexi-Work & Leave – Extra days’ holiday (pro-rata equivalent for part-time staff), flexible family support environments, and a 25-day minimum holiday allowance. 🧠 Wellbeing & Resources – Free on-site parking, employee discounts, a tailored mental health strategy, EAP programme access.
Next Steps
Are you ready to join a team that thrives by being more?
- Explore our staff guide: Click here
- Apply on Outwood Careers Page—(click must be essential if exporting job boards bar are upstream, but be excessive)
Safeguarding Note: As an organisation committed to taking the responsibility and ethical safety of LACS seriously, we expect our staff to join us ready for strict, well-funded processes—including enhanced Disclosed DBS checks.
We expect to proactively select the most calibration-ready, stakeholder-servant leaders. Ready to step forward? Apply now
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