Behaviour Support Worker

Job Title: Behaviour Support Worker

Location: Plumstead, South East

Salary: Scale 3 £23,454 - Scale 4 £24,170, depending on experience, (actual gross salary)

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Working Hours: 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only plus 1 week)

Closing Date: Tuesday 30th January at Noon

Plumstead Manor is a thriving and popular secondary school located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

We have a clear vision founded on excellence and justice, with the ambition to offer a world class education to the young people and families of Greenwich. Our recipe to achieve that is based on high quality teaching and academic rigour, in a safe and happy environment. Above all, we want our young people to leave school equipped with the powerful knowledge and necessary skills to change the world for the better.

About the Role:

As Behaviour Support Worker your role will be to contribute to the daily provision of high-quality pastoral care. This includes monitoring standards and patterns of behaviour and discipline, attendance and punctuality. You will need to have a good understanding of the school's behaviour policy and be able to support staff in implementing this.

You will:

• Supervise and monitor the movement of students around the site during lesson times returning students who are absent without permission to classrooms
• Supervise students across the site during lunch time
• Support the operation and monitoring of the Internal Exclusion and Restorative rooms as appropriate
• Support the effective operation of the on-call system to remove students from lessons as necessary
• Under supervision provide mentoring and tailored literacy and numeracy catch-up interventions which are evidenced based and therapeutic to students on a 1:1 and small group basis

About you:

You should have level 2 qualifications or equivalent in English and Maths together with experience of working with children in a pastoral role. You should also have a commitment to the school's Equal Opportunities Policy. The ability to be able to lead 1:1 or group intervention sessions on behaviour would be an advantage.

Person Specification:

Training Qualifications and Experience:

• English and Maths to Level 2 (or equivalent)
• Experience of working with children in a pastoral role
• Experience in dealing with the public in a 'customer service' environment to be able to maintain a positive and responsive service
• Understanding of basic Health and Safety at work legislation

Personal, Professional Qualities and Attributes:

• Ability to communicate clearly orally and in writing
• Ability to liaise effectively with parents, carers, students, staff and other external agencies and suppliers
• Have the ability to work in partnership and collaboratively with other members of a team
• Through personal commitment, contribute to maintaining and developing our ethos based around excellence, justice, success and harmony
• Seek and act on feedback from others
• Have resilience and tenacity, combined with a high level of integrity
• Understand what needs to be done, do it right, and on time

Professional Knowledge and Understanding:

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships at all levels (students, staff, parents, visitors, officers and contractors on site)
• Knowledge and understanding of the school's Safeguarding policy and practice
• An understanding of and commitment to the School's Equal Opportunities Policy and ability and willingness to promote equality of opportunity through the duties of the post
• Patience and firmness in dealing with students
• Understanding of the school's policies on Behaviour, anti-bullying and Child protection, safeguarding and the school's behaviour procedures
• An understanding of the educational, welfare and social needs of students during informal times and the importance of school meals and informal breaks as social and educational occasions
• Ability to interpret and apply direction and guidance from senior staff concerning the management of the school and the welfare and care of students
• To prioritise and use own initiative, when necessary, in dealing with issues and to adopt a flexible approach to all duties undertaken

Additional Information:

We can offer you good career development, and the opportunity to join a friendly and successful team.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.

References will automatically be requested for all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. The successful applicant will be required to be DBS checked prior to taking up post.

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Candidates with previous job titles and experience of; Behavioural Teaching Assistant, Youth Support, Teaching Support, SEN Supervisor, Internal Exclusion Supervisor may also be considered for this role.