Behaviour Support Assistant

 Behaviour Support Assistants - Secondary School Newham East London 

***ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A NEW CHALLENGE IN YOUR CAREER FOR January 2023?***

Teaching Personnel are currently seeking new Behaviour Support Assistants in the Newham area to work in a specialist Social, Emotional and Mental Health provision catering to pupils with complex needs. The needs of attending pupils are varied, but may include:

• Behavioural difficulties
• Anti-social and disengaged behaviour
• ADHD

The Role:

Applicants will be working in a classroom supporting teachers and fellow support workers on a 1:1 or small group basis with pupils.

The role will operate between 8:30 - 15:30, Monday - Friday.

Full time is preferred but part time applicants may still apply, as job shares can be available. 

The Candidate:

Ideal candidates may need to be able to drive but it is not essential, as we will likely have a school local to you.

Ideal applicants should have previous experience working with complex behaviour or challenging needs professionally. Without professional experience any personal experience with the following could help the candidate succeed in this role:

• Psychology
• Youth/Community work experience
• Care worker
• Challenging behaviour within family
• Mentoring 
• SEN Experience
• Police Experience

Applicants will be working in a classroom supporting teachers and fellow support workers on a 1:1 or 2:1 basis with pupils, so should have a passion for mentoring pupils closely through their differentiated curriculum.

Teaching Personnel do offer many development courses through our CPD Academy; such as Autism Awareness, Safeguarding and Team Teach to help support any successful candidates within this environment.

If you’re suited to this role, please apply with your CV as soon as possible.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website 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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