Behaviour Support Officer - Budmouth Academy

Dorset Council UK; Weymouth; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Budmouth Academy Weymouth invites applications for a Behaviour Support Officer to join its pastoral team. You will help encourage positive attitudes to learning and manage student behaviour across the academy.

The role involves liaising with staff on behaviour, attendance and progress, supervising breaks, coordinating detentions and supporting students emotionally and socially. 40 hours/week, 8am-4:30pm, term-time plus INSET days, salary £26,475.

Responsibilities

• Respond to on-call issues to support students back to class or remove from lessons.
• Support students' emotional and social needs by encouraging positive behaviour per policy; maintain high expectations.
• Assist with pastoral care, help students who are unwell, distressed or injured.
• Supervise students at social times.
• Coordinate and manage detentions for students in the reset room or with antisocial behaviour.
• Liaise with parents when students miss expectations of the Subject Removal Room.
• Handle behaviour, attendance and pastoral issues; communicate actions to students, staff and parents.
• Maintain a strong presence and help students regulate emotions/behaviour in class.

Job description

Behaviour Support Officer

Do you want to be part of a team where you will help make a transformational impact on our students' lives and rapidly improve their outcomes?

Do you want to work in a school where you are free to teach, with high standards and expectations, with CPD for all a priority?

Do you align with our academy values of Respect, Excellence, and Determination, with a passion for inspiring young people to succeed?

We are looking to recruit an exceptional candidate to the role of Behaviour Support Officer to join our team at Budmouth Academy Weymouth.

The successful candidate will work as part of the Pastoral team to encourage students'positive attitudes to learning and general behaviour around the Academy.

The successful candidate will liaise with teaching and support staff in relation to the behaviour, attendance and progress of individuals and groups of students.

Ultimately, we are looking for a committed candidate with an uncompromising belief that all students deserve an outstanding education. They will uphold our inclusive ethos and provide opportunities for all students to progress well.

• Respond to any 'on call' information within the academy which requires students being supported back to the classroom or removed from lessons to the Subject Removal Room
• To provide support for students' emotional and social needs by encouraging and modelling positive behaviour in line with the academy's behaviour policy. Demonstrating high expectations of work and behaviour at all times
• To assist with the general pastoral care of students, including helping students who are unwell, distressed or injured
• Supervising students at social times
• To coordinate and manage detentions for students who have been removed to the reset room and/or displayed antisocial behaviour
• Liaising with parents when students have failed to meet the expectations of the Subject Removal Room
• Dealing with behaviour, attendance and pastoral issues in a positive manner, communicating actions to students, staff and parents as appropriate
• Maintaining a high presence around the academy and supporting students to regulate their emotions/behaviour in lessons where required

40 hours per week 8am to 4.30pm with 30 mins lunch break

Term Time Only plus 5 INSET Days

Grade F12 - F17 - £26475