AddressJob Posted: 12 March 2024
- Contract Term: Permanent
- Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
- Contract Type: Part time
- Salary: Grade 5, £24,293.00 to £24,702.00 per annum pro-rata (actual salary, £18,686.92 to £19,001.54)
- Industries: Education Health & Social Care
Behaviour Support Worker (Ref: 2024_783)
Galaxy Centre, Chillerton, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 3EP
Grade 5, £24,293.00 to £24,702.00 per annum pro-rata (actual salary, £18,686.92 to £19,001.54)
Contact: Justin Henderson at 01983 640047.
Vacancy Reference: 2024_783
Closing Date: 26/03/2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 per week (40 weeks per year)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Behaviour Support Worker (BSW) to join the Primary Behaviour Service (PBS) on the Isle of Wight
The Primary Behaviour Service is a team of skilled practitioners with extensive experience who are working with Isle of Wight primary schools, supporting them to promote positive behaviour and emotional well-being. We are a referral-based service offering outreach and in-reach support for primary aged children with social, emotional, and mental health needs who struggle to manage in school. In this role you will have the chance to use your existing skills in a range of ways whilst developing your talents.
This role will require you to be able to work with schools to develop behaviour management strategies to support children. This will include liaising with colleagues in schools around strategies to engage their children and help them to manage the demands of the classroom. You will also be a key team member in our centre providing effective in-reach support.
We are looking for a Behaviour Support Worker of the highest caliber, with specific experience in primary school education. You should have an understanding of the benefits of multi-agency working and be ready to engage with parents and families, providing them with support whilst promoting the value of education. Tenacious, understanding, and good with people, you will be a natural diplomat who recognises the challenges faced by all involved and have the skills to facilitate progression for our children
The successful applicant will be willing to work flexibly, and travel as required.
This position is term-time only.
For further information or an informal discussion, please contact Justin Henderson at
01983 640047.
When you join #TeamIWC you'll receive our staff benefits package, including:
- Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays!
- Local Government pension scheme
- Discounted Solent ferry travel
- Island bus network discount
- Cycle to work scheme
- Staff parking permit scheme
- Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership
- National and local discounts & benefits schemes
For some vacancies (subject to criteria)
- A relocation scheme of up to £8,000 may be available if you are specifically relocating to the Isle of Wight to take up a new role with us
- If you choose to commute to the Isle of Wight daily, you may be eligible to have some travel costs reimbursed
Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island here.
The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the Unacceptable Behaviour Policy, Employee Code of Conduct and Behaviours Framework. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.
The Isle of Wight Council’s Terms & Conditions of employment are available upon request. Please contact our recruitment team via [email protected] if you would like to receive a copy.
The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer, who is proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. In addition to this, we are also a Disability Confident Employer. Along with a number of other areas of commitments, this means that providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.
This council and its schools recruit according to the council’s Recruitment, Policy and Procedure and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
As our 10-year strategic partnership between the Isle of Wight Council and Hampshire County Council has ended as of 2023 it is worth noting that the employer will be the Isle of Wight Council and employment is on Isle of Wight terms and conditions. Now the Isle of Wight Council will deliver all of its children’s services functions from 2024 onwards.
This council and its schools recruit according to the council’s Recruitment, Policy and Procedure and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
If you have difficulty completing your online application or if you need further information about how to apply, telephone 01983 823134 or email [email protected]. Please note only applications completed and submitted online by the closing date will be accepted.
We often receive a high volume of applicants for our vacancies. If you do not hear from the recruiting manager within three weeks of the closing date, we regret that your application will not have been successful on this occasion. If unsuccessful, we actively encourage you to revisit our job pages and apply to alternate posts that may be suitable.
Closing Date: 26 March 2024
