Children's Mental Health Assistant

Want a career where what you do every day truly matters? As a School Youth Worker, you ll support young people with SEMH needs to overcome challenges, re-engage with education and reach their full potential.

School Youth Worker (full time, temporary)
Manchester
£450 - £500 per week PAYE (salary is dependent on experience and/or qualifications)
Start date: September 2026

The School and Role
This specialist school in Manchester is recruiting for a School Youth Worker, supporting students with social, emotional and mental health needs. This is a rewarding opportunity for someone driven to improve outcomes for young people from disadvantaged or challenging backgrounds.

As a School Youth Worker, you will provide pastoral, behavioural and emotional support both in the classroom and through targeted interventions. You will help students engage with education, develop positive relationships, and build the skills needed to succeed beyond school. This role is ideal for candidates passionate about youth work, behaviour support, SEMH education, and safeguarding looking to make a positive impact in children s lives and help shape their future.

Requirements (Please Apply Only If You Meet the Below)
To be successful in this School Youth Worker role, you will have:

• Experience supporting children, young people or vulnerable adults, particularly within SEMH, challenging behaviour or youth justice settings
• A calm, resilient and adaptable approach to supporting pupils with complex emotional and behavioural needs
• Strong empathy, communication and relationship-building skills, with a proactive and reliable attitude
• A genuine commitment to improving young people s wellbeing and educational outcomes in a school or alternative provision environment

What we offer
As a School Youth Worker and part of our team, you benefit from:

• Excellent daily rates paid using the PAYE system.
• Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability).
• Social and networking events.
• Pension contributions.
• CPD to help with your professional development.
• Access to a dedicated consultant.

About us
We are a market-leading education supply agency committed to the development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high quality educators.

The Edwin Group is a Top 10 UK-employer in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group

We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

If you are a School Youth Worker based near Manchester who can enthuse, motivate and engage learners then we want to hear from you.