Behaviour Support Assistant

Opportunity to make positive difference to pupils living in Gainsborough

Behaviour Support Assistant - Gainsborough

Do you currently want to kick-start your career in education but don’t have the relevant qualifications or experience?

Teaching Personnel are currently searching for a teaching assistant to become a role model and mentor to SEN school students in and around Gainsborough.

We at Teaching Personnel offer a personalised tutoring service to help schools increase pupil attainment. We call these our intervention programmes and each of these has been designed to help pupils reach their full potential. As a behaviour mentor, your role will be helping challenging students overcome their behavioural issues by giving them someone to look up to.

Behaviour Buddies work on a half/full day basis, one-to-five days a week for at least half a term. We match your availability with tutoring positions, giving you a truly flexible role!

Behaviour Mentor responsibilities include:

• To establish productive working relationships with pupils, encouraging and motivating them.
• Raising achievement by providing a specialist service that assists schools in meeting their targets and obligations.
• Being a friend to students with behavioural issues, giving them someone to confide in and trust.
• To challenge and motivate pupils, promoting and reinforcing self esteem alongside providing levels of individual pastoral support.

Benefits include:

• 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.

The right candidate will be someone who is passionate about making a difference in children’s lives and have of the following backgrounds or skills:

• Degree Educated                          
• Construction
• Ex-military                                          
• Police Cadets
• Team Teach   
• Youth workers

If this sounds like you then please submit your CV by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button.

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.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

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