Clinical Teaching Assistant - Academics : Job Details

Advance Your Clinical Career in Education - Clinical Teaching Assistant Role | Bedford

Location: Bedford

Start Date: September 2025

Full-Time | Permanent

Salary: £460-£500 per week

Sector: Mental Health, Clinical Pathways, Education and Training

Are you a Psychology, Criminology or Health & Social Care graduate ready to begin - or take the next step - in your clinical or therapeutic career in an education and training environment?

Or are you an experienced SEN Teaching Assistant looking to move into a more structured, clinical development pathway?

Academics have a Clinical Teaching Assistant role in Bedford offers a unique opportunity to gain practical, first-hand experience working directly with young people in a trauma-informed, therapeutic educational setting - alongside an established multi-disciplinary clinical team.

Your Career as a Clinical Teaching Assistant Starts Here

This role is ideal for graduates and practitioners aspiring to become:

• Clinical Psychologists
• Assistant Psychologists
• Child & Adolescent Therapists
• Mental Health Practitioners
• SENCOs or Educational Psychologists

What You'll Receive

• A structured Clinical Career Pathway within an SEN school environment
• Access to over 200 CPD-accredited courses and weekly in-house training
• Mentorship and shadowing opportunities with therapists, clinicians, and SEN specialists
• A solid foundation to strengthen future applications for Master's, Doctorate, or NHS roles
• A place where your development is as important as the pupils you support

As a Clinical Teaching Assistant You'll Be Doing

• Supporting pupils aged 5-18 with SEMH needs, neurodiversity, and developmental trauma
• Delivering 1:1 and small group sessions focused on therapeutic and emotional development
• Applying trauma-informed interventions under the guidance of clinical professionals
• Collaborating with teaching staff, families, and external specialists to deliver tailored education and wellbeing strategies
• Playing a central role in a school where mental health and education go hand-in-hand

Who We're Looking For

• Psychology, Criminology or Health & Social Care graduates
• Experienced SEN TAs ready to deepen their clinical knowledge and impact
• Future clinicians with a passion for child development, behaviour, and mental health
• Calm, emotionally resilient individuals with a growth mindset and team ethic
• Someone with the ability to travel to Bedford or surrounding areas

This Isn't Just a Job!

You'll be part of an innovative school where therapeutic education and training is central to every decision. If you're serious about a long-term career in clinical or therapeutic services, this role offers the best of both worlds: real responsibility from day one and the support to grow professionally.

Apply now to become a Clinical Teaching Assistant in Bedford.

Change lives - including your own.