Description
Location: North Bristol
Hours: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm | Pay: From £450/week
Start Date: September 2025, or ASAP for the right candidate
Looking for a role where psychology, education and behaviour support meet in the real world?
If you're a psychology graduate (or similar), and you're curious about working with young people who’ve been temporarily removed from mainstream education, this is a brilliant opportunity to explore the intersection of psychology and inclusive education — all while getting paid, trained, and supported by a specialist team.
About the Setting
This is a transitional Alternative Provision, not a traditional SEND school. It supports students aged 11–16 who are currently out of mainstream education due to challenges such as anxiety, trauma, emotional regulation difficulties, or behaviour that’s become difficult to manage in larger settings.
Placements are short- to medium-term, and the goal is always the same: rebuild trust, restore routine, and re-engage each young person with learning. It’s calm, nurturing, and intentional — every interaction matters.
This setting is ideal for graduates who are considering careers in Educational Psychology, youth work, SEMH, clinical psychology, social care, or inclusive education. You’ll be guided by trauma-informed practice and surrounded by a team that really understands how to support dysregulated learners.
What’s in it for You?
Team Teach Training: Learn de-escalation and positive handling strategies from experienced trainers
Real Behaviour Insight: Work closely with students navigating trauma, anxiety and emotional regulation
Professional Development: Get a front-row seat to multi-disciplinary working across education, behaviour, and mental health
Hands-On Support: Develop practical skills that will strengthen applications to postgraduate study or future roles
Supportive Team: You’ll never be on your own — collaboration is central to how this setting works
What You’ll Be Doing
One-to-one and small group support: Helping students access tailored learning plans in a calm, focused space
Building trust: Supporting young people who may arrive withdrawn, angry or anxious, and helping them settle into routine
Behaviour support: Using your Team Teach training to respond calmly and safely when students become dysregulated
Emotional coaching: Promoting self-awareness, confidence and resilience through everyday conversation and structured activities
Supporting reintegration: Helping learners rebuild the confidence and skills needed to return to mainstream or specialist placements
Creating stability: Helping provide predictable, caring adult interactions that some students may not have had elsewhere
Who We’re Looking For
A Psychology graduate (or similar) looking for practical, hands-on experience with young people
Someone with at least 3 months of experience working with children or adults with additional needs, behaviour challenges, or mental health needs
Calm, grounded, emotionally resilient — someone who can stay centred even when a student isn’t
A natural communicator who can build relationships slowly and respectfully
A team player who knows support work is never done alone
You’ll ideally have a DBS on the Update Service (or be happy to apply for one)
Why Work with Axcis Education?
Personalised support: From your first phone call to your final reference, your consultant will have your back
Expertise in SEND and AP: We specialise in placing staff in the exact kind of setting you’re looking for
Ongoing development: Training, CPD, and options to explore different placements or progress into long-term roles
Fair pay, weekly: We pay competitively and transparently — and always on time
Career stepping stone: Many of our graduates go on to teacher training, educational psychology, or permanent roles in alternative or mainstream education
Interested?
Click ‘Apply’ and upload your most up-to-date CV.
If you’d like to chat through whether this is the right fit, feel free to call Laura in the Axcis South West and Wales office. We’ll give you the honest lowdown.
This isn’t just classroom experience. It’s real-life preparation for working with some of the most complex, insightful and resilient young people you’ll ever meet.
INDSW
Hours: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm | Pay: From £450/week
Start Date: September 2025, or ASAP for the right candidate
Looking for a role where psychology, education and behaviour support meet in the real world?
If you're a psychology graduate (or similar), and you're curious about working with young people who’ve been temporarily removed from mainstream education, this is a brilliant opportunity to explore the intersection of psychology and inclusive education — all while getting paid, trained, and supported by a specialist team.
About the Setting
This is a transitional Alternative Provision, not a traditional SEND school. It supports students aged 11–16 who are currently out of mainstream education due to challenges such as anxiety, trauma, emotional regulation difficulties, or behaviour that’s become difficult to manage in larger settings.
Placements are short- to medium-term, and the goal is always the same: rebuild trust, restore routine, and re-engage each young person with learning. It’s calm, nurturing, and intentional — every interaction matters.
This setting is ideal for graduates who are considering careers in Educational Psychology, youth work, SEMH, clinical psychology, social care, or inclusive education. You’ll be guided by trauma-informed practice and surrounded by a team that really understands how to support dysregulated learners.
What’s in it for You?
Team Teach Training: Learn de-escalation and positive handling strategies from experienced trainers
Real Behaviour Insight: Work closely with students navigating trauma, anxiety and emotional regulation
Professional Development: Get a front-row seat to multi-disciplinary working across education, behaviour, and mental health
Hands-On Support: Develop practical skills that will strengthen applications to postgraduate study or future roles
Supportive Team: You’ll never be on your own — collaboration is central to how this setting works
What You’ll Be Doing
One-to-one and small group support: Helping students access tailored learning plans in a calm, focused space
Building trust: Supporting young people who may arrive withdrawn, angry or anxious, and helping them settle into routine
Behaviour support: Using your Team Teach training to respond calmly and safely when students become dysregulated
Emotional coaching: Promoting self-awareness, confidence and resilience through everyday conversation and structured activities
Supporting reintegration: Helping learners rebuild the confidence and skills needed to return to mainstream or specialist placements
Creating stability: Helping provide predictable, caring adult interactions that some students may not have had elsewhere
Who We’re Looking For
A Psychology graduate (or similar) looking for practical, hands-on experience with young people
Someone with at least 3 months of experience working with children or adults with additional needs, behaviour challenges, or mental health needs
Calm, grounded, emotionally resilient — someone who can stay centred even when a student isn’t
A natural communicator who can build relationships slowly and respectfully
A team player who knows support work is never done alone
You’ll ideally have a DBS on the Update Service (or be happy to apply for one)
Why Work with Axcis Education?
Personalised support: From your first phone call to your final reference, your consultant will have your back
Expertise in SEND and AP: We specialise in placing staff in the exact kind of setting you’re looking for
Ongoing development: Training, CPD, and options to explore different placements or progress into long-term roles
Fair pay, weekly: We pay competitively and transparently — and always on time
Career stepping stone: Many of our graduates go on to teacher training, educational psychology, or permanent roles in alternative or mainstream education
Interested?
Click ‘Apply’ and upload your most up-to-date CV.
If you’d like to chat through whether this is the right fit, feel free to call Laura in the Axcis South West and Wales office. We’ll give you the honest lowdown.
This isn’t just classroom experience. It’s real-life preparation for working with some of the most complex, insightful and resilient young people you’ll ever meet.
INDSW