Behaviour Support Worker

Coast and Vale Learning Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension Scheme

Eyecare scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Job summary

The Sigma Trust is seeking a dedicated Behaviour Support Worker for the GROW provision at Stanway School in Colchester. This role focuses on supporting secondary students with SEMH needs and delivering personalised strategies within a trauma-informed framework.

The post requires NVQ Level 3 in learning support/behaviour support or equivalent, with safeguarding responsibilities and collaboration with families and staff. Fixed-term 39 weeks, 37 hours weekly, start ASAP.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in learning support/behaviour support or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Able to contribute proactively to the work of a team supporting children, their families and carers.
• Able to participate in assessing the progress and performance and recommend appropriate strategies to support development.
• Able to establish rapport and build respectful and trusting relationships with children, their families and carers and other adults

Responsibilities

• To provide high quality specialist educational support for KS3 students with social and emotional wellbeing needs.
• To help students make demonstrable progress in social and emotional development and learning, building on strengths and resources.
• To develop and model positive adult and peer relationships in line with GROW values and expectations.
• To ensure safeguarding and child protection policies are followed and statutory requirements met.
• To communicate with parents/carers to foster partnership and regular reviews.
• To work flexibly and creatively.
• To contribute to outreach work within the North East Essex Schools.
• To contribute to assessment, planning, monitoring and evaluations.

Skills

NVQ Level 3 in learning support/behavi

Team player

Parent communication

Rapport building

Education

NVQ Level 3 in learning support/behaviour support or equivalent

Job description

The Sigma Trust

Behaviour Support Worker for the GROW Provision (Secondary, Stanway site)

Pay Range: Scale 4, point 8-9

Salary: £23,755 - £24,135 per annum

Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 working weeks (fixed term until 31st October 2027)

Start Date: As soon as possible

The Role

We are seeking a suitably experienced and qualified individual to become a behaviour support worker for a Secondary GROW provision to work with children with social and emotional wellbeing needs.

The provision will be based in the Secondary GROW enhanced provision centre in the grounds of The Stanway School in Colchester.

GROW for secondary school-aged children is now a well-established enhanced provision across 3 quadrants in Essex. More information about GROW can be found at www.growessex.uk.

GROW is an alternative education provision based on Trauma Perceptive Practice through 6 Core Strengths. It will be aimed at students who are experiencing barriers to their learning under the SEMH umbrella. It will provide each child with a personalised curriculum for their individual needs. This will be monitored and reviewed carefully.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• To support in providing high quality specialist educational support for KS3 children whose needs are related to social and emotional wellbeing;
• To support in enabling children to make demonstrable progress in their social and emotional development and with their learning, building on strengths and resources of the child;
• To develop, nurture and model positive adult and peer relationships in line GROW’s values and expectations.
• To ensure that all safeguarding and child protection matters are dealt with in line with policies and procedures and statutory requirements;
• To communicate with parents/carers to ensure partnership working progresses and regular purposeful reviews take place;
• To be able to work flexibly and creatively.
• To contribute to outreach work within the North East Essex Schools to work both with pupils and model practice to staff where appropriate;
• To contribute to assessment, planning, monitoring and evaluations.

(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Person Specification).

We're looking for you if you:

• Have NVQ Level 3 in learning support/behaviour support or equivalent qualification or experience;
• Are able to make a proactive contribution to the work of a team supporting children, their families and carers;
• Are able to participate in assessing the progress and performance and recommend appropriate strategies to support development;
• Are able to establish rapport and build respectful and trusting relationships with children, their families and carers and other adults

Why work for The Sigma Trust?

We can offer you:

• A competitive salary
• Robust CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
• Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships

Employee benefits including: Employee Assistance Programme, Pension Scheme, Eyecare scheme and Cycle to Work scheme

Additional Information:

This post is offered on a 39-week contract which includes 38 working weeks plus 5 non pupil days.

For additional information about The Sigma Trust, please visit our website www.sigmatrust.org.uk

We welcome applications from both teaching and educational support staff

Commitment to Safeguarding & Diversity

The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment processes, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.

The Sigma Trust is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristics. This is embedded in our vision ‘To Be Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts’, where we believe we are strong and more successful working together, creating a workplace which celebrates diversity.