Behaviour Lead

The Cambian Group; Bletchley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cambian Group is seeking a leader to develop and oversee a trauma-informed behaviour and regulation strategy for pupils at a specialist school in the UK. You will own the behaviour framework, quality assure plans, and drive whole-school improvement using data insights and coaching to build staff capacity.

The role focuses on training delivery, reflective practice, and clear communication with stakeholders to ensure plans are personalised for non-speaking and pre-verbal learners.

Qualifications

• Autism-aware approach and trauma-informed practice.
• Ability to lead a school-wide behaviour framework and safeguard processes.
• Experience in coaching staff and delivering targeted training.

Responsibilities

• Evolve the school’s behaviour and regulation framework.
• Lead training, refreshers and targeted coaching to ensure high fidelity to agreed practice.
• Ensure post-incident documentation is completed accurately and promptly.
• Facilitate reflective debriefs with staff to strengthen practice and wellbeing.
• Communicate progress and adjustments of behaviour strategies to stakeholders.

Skills

Staff coaching

Data insights

Training delivery

Stakeholder communication

Autism-informed practice

Job description

Bletchley Park is a 38-week specialist school providing quality therapeutic care and education for young people with Autism, challenging behaviour, communication difficulties and complex needs. The children and young people that attend school range between the ages of 7 - 19 years.

Purpose of the role

Lead a highly effective, autism-aware, trauma-informed behaviour and regulation strategy that enables pupils to feel safe, connected and ready to learn.

The postholder will own behaviour framework, quality assure all Behaviour and Regulation Support Plans and IRA’s, lead Team Teach ethos and training, build staff capacity through coaching and reflective practice and use data insights to drive whole school improvement.

Main Responsibilities

• Evolve the school’s behaviour and regulation framework.
• Ensure framework aligns with the school’s Pastoral Excellence goals and Ofsted expectations.
• Ensure plans are personalised, practical and usable for non-speaking and pre-verbal learners.
• Plan and deliver training, refreshers and targeted coaching to ensure high fidelity to agreed practice.
• Ensure post-incident documentation is completed accurately and promptly.
• Facilitate reflective debriefs with staff to strengthen practice and wellbeing.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders about behaviour strategies, progress and adjustments.

The Cambian Group

We are one of the largest providers of specialist education and behavioural health services for children and adults in the UK. We provide a broad range of services across the UK including specialist education schools and colleges for residential and day students, residential care homes and a therapeutic fostering service.

We pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunities Employer and we are committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will be purely based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share the information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

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