Behaviour Support Assistant

The Role

A Behaviour Mentor is a tailored intervention role and is designed to help pupils reach their full potential whilst keeping them in schools instead of them being referred to Pupil Referral Units, SEND Schools or Alternative Provisions. As a Behaviour Mentor, your role will be helping challenging students overcome their behavioural issues, whilst acting as a role model and someone to look up to. A Behaviour Mentor works on a full time basis supporting student's behaviour and learning inside and outside of the class, this is primarily a class based position however it's very likely you will end up doing 1:1 withdrawal sessions at some stage in order to maintain the progress of student's behaviour and learning.

The Candidate

We are looking for a candidate who has the ability to inspire all those around them. We want an individual who has a passion for making a difference in the life of disadvantaged children. Although not necessary, we believe candidates with experiences in the following areas would be excellent applicants for the Behaviour Mentor role:

• SEN
• Challenging Behaviour / Behaviour Management
• Learning Support
• SEMH
• Sport Coaching
• Teaching Assistant

What We Can Offer You

• A specialist recruitment consultant who will help place you in your ideal role in a location close to your home
• A great chance for career progression and the chance to get some experience before doing a PGCE
• The opportunity to be an inspirational role model and mentor to a disadvantaged young person.
• Continuing professional development courses such as Team Teach, Child Protection more.

Teaching Personnel are the UK's leading education staffing provider, a nationwide company, with a large, established local presence. We offer a vast amount of varied work to teachers every day; short term, day to day and emergency cover, medium term to long term positions and permanent placements. All of our teachers and support staff benefit from exclusive CPD courses through our CPD Academy.

Requirements:

• You must be able to Interview and Trial for Longer Term Positions
• You must also be in possession of a Child Workforce DBS (registered on the Update Service) or willing to apply for one

To apply for this position, please email me your CV and a cover letter outlining your experience working with children, any relevant qualifications you have obtained and why you would be ideal for the role. Please do not hesitate to contact me for more information regarding our current vacancies and opportunities on 0208 616 9894  or alternatively email me sahra.abdullahi@teachingpersonnel.com

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see teachingpersonnel.com/faqs for details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

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