Behaviour Support Assistant

Aspire People; Manchester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Dedicated consultant support

Long-term placements

Opportunities in mainstream Primary &

Job summary

Aspire People are seeking resilient, engaging individuals to work in Primary Schools supporting pupils with SEMH and emotional regulation needs. You don't necessarily need a traditional route into education, as skills from youth work or community roles are valued.

We welcome graduates with relevant experience and those who have worked with vulnerable children. Roles are full-time, long-term, with weekly pay and dedicated consultant support.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting SEMH or SEND learners.
• Calm, resilient and adaptable to changing needs.
• Ability to build trust and maintain clear boundaries.
• Experience working with vulnerable children or young people.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils to re-engage with classroom learning.
• Develop emotional regulation strategies.
• Recognise triggers and manage difficult situations.
• Build confidence, resilience and independence.
• Develop positive relationships with adults and peers.
• Access learning with consistency and clear expectations.

Skills

Relationship building

Resilience

Boundary setting

Calm under pressure

Education

Graduate with relevant experience

Job description

Do you have the ability to build relationships with children who don't always find school easy?

Aspire People are looking for resilient, engaging and committed individuals to work within Primary Schools supporting pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH), emotional regulation difficulties and behaviours that can challenge.

You don't necessarily need to have followed a traditional route into education.

Some of the skills schools value most can be developed through youth work, sports coaching, children's residential care, mentoring, community work and other roles supporting children and young people.

What makes someone successful in this role?

• The ability to build trust.
• The resilience to start again tomorrow when today hasn't gone to plan.
• The confidence to maintain clear and consistent boundaries while understanding that behaviour is often communicating an unmet need.
• And, most importantly, the belief that a child's current barriers should never define their potential.

The Role

You could be supporting pupils to:

• Re-engage positively with classroom learning.
• Develop emotional regulation strategies.
• Recognise triggers and manage difficult situations.
• Build confidence, resilience and independence.
• Develop positive relationships with adults and peers.
• Access learning when concentration or regulation creates a barrier.
• Experience consistency, encouragement and clear expectations throughout their school day.

You’ll work alongside teachers, SENDCOs and pastoral teams to understand the individual pupil and provide support that helps them access education and reach their potential.

We’d particularly like to hear from:

• Experienced SEMH or SEND Teaching Assistants.
• Youth Workers.
• Sports Coaches.
• Behaviour Mentors.
• Children's Residential Support Workers.
• Children's Support Workers.
• Graduates with relevant experience.
• People who have worked with vulnerable children or young people in community settings.

We’re looking for people who are calm, resilient, adaptable and able to build strong relationships, while understanding the importance of consistency and professional boundaries.

Why Aspire People?

• £95-£115 per day depending on experience and assignment.
• Full-time, long-term opportunities.
• Weekly pay.
• Dedicated consultant support.
• Opportunities within mainstream Primary and SEND settings.

If you've already demonstrated that you can engage, motivate and advocate for young people, those skills could make an enormous difference to a pupil who is struggling within education.

Aspire People Limited provides services as an Education Agency and an Education Employment Business. Aspire People is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects every candidate to share this commitment. Placements are subject, to appropriate Child Protection screening, including checks with former employers and the Disclosure and Barring Checks