Behaviour and Wellbeing Lead

Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing Programme

Free private GP and nurse appointments

Pension scheme

Free car parking at schools

Job summary

Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy invites applications for a Wellbeing and Behaviour Lead to join our dedicated staff team.

Working alongside the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Head of School, you will promote pupil safety, lead wellbeing interventions and support behaviour for learning across the school. The role involves targeted support, collaboration with colleagues, and active engagement with families to foster a positive learning environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in school wellbeing or behaviour management preferred.
• Commitment to safeguarding and DBS checks.

Responsibilities

• Promote and support pupil safety alongside the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Head of School.
• Lead the wellbeing and behaviour team to reduce barriers to learning.
• Provide one-to-one and small-group interventions to improve emotional wellbeing.
• Support whole-school behaviour incidents and crisis responses.
• Communicate effectively with parents and carers.

Job description

Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy

Behaviour and Wellbeing Leader

Monday - Thursday 8.00am - 4.00pm Friday 8.00am - 3.30pm, these hours will be worked during the school term time

£31,015 - £33,673

Actual salary £26,839 - £29,140

About the Trust

Ebor Academy Trust is a family of 25 schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and engaging education in our diverse communities. Our aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures.

We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these underpin how we work and how we relate to each other. We have high ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people first.

About the role

Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy has an exciting opportunity for a Wellbeing and Behaviour Lead to join our hardworking and supportive staff team.

We are looking to appoint someone who will work alongside our Designated Safeguarding Lead and Head of School to promote and support the safety of all pupils. This will involve; working as part of the wellbeing and behaviour team within the school to be an advocate for the most vulnerable of learners.

The role will also involve leading colleagues to provide support to pupils to reduce the barriers to their learning whilst providing or suggesting additional or specific support to promote children’s emotional wellbeing. The position will include; supporting children's behaviour for learning within the classroom context, providing planned one to one support, personalised and bespoke group interventions focused on improving children's wellbeing and emerging lower level mental health needs.

The role will also support and lead whole school behaviour incidents and responding to children in crisis who are having difficulty with behaviour routines and expectations.

Communicating effectively with parents and carers will also be a key part of the role.

Our central aim is to enable all children and staff to develop as aspirational learners and leaders who strive to reach their goals and achieve their potential.

Working with us

All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme of training which is targeted to the role. But it doesn’t stop there, all staff receive development on an ongoing basis and we actively encourage career development through a range of continuous professional development and longer programmes of learning, including apprenticeships.

We offer generous terms and conditions of employment.

• All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy.
• This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as counselling services.
• We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.

The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be themselves and experiences a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS check. This also means that all applicants need to complete the online form in full as we are not able to accept CVs. Please see the Trust’s Recruitment Policy for further information.