Behaviour Support Worker

Teaching Vacancies; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Excellent facilities

Professional development

Respectful environment

Friendly colleagues

Join United Learning

Collaborative across cluster

Pension scheme

EAP

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies in Sheffield invites you to apply for the Support for Students role. This vital position sits within the academy's pastoral structure, delivering day-to-day support for students’ wellbeing, behaviour, attendance and engagement in academy life.

As part of a dedicated pastoral team you will build strong relationships with students and families, model positive behaviour, provide personal and practical help to overcome barriers to learning, promote attendance, support social and

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for students' wellbeing, behaviour, attendance and engagement in academy life.
• Build strong relationships with students and families, act as a positive role model.
• Offer personal and practical support to help students overcome barriers to learning.
• Promote positive behaviour and encourage regular attendance.
• Support students' social and emotional needs, including home visits and liaising with parents and carers.
• Supervise social times.

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a caring, committed, and proactive individual to join our team in the role of Support for Students. This is a vital position within the Academy’s pastoral structure, providing day-to-day support for our students’ wellbeing, behaviour, attendance, and engagement in Academy life.

Working as part of a dedicated pastoral team, you will build strong relationships with students and families, act as a positive role model, and offer both personal and practical support to help students overcome barriers to learning. You will be involved in promoting positive behaviour, encouraging regular attendance, and supporting students’ social and emotional needs, including making home visits and liaising closely with parents and carers. The role also includes helping to supervise social times.

What the school offers its staff

• Highly competitive pay above national average.
• Excellent facilities and resources.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• A respectful working environment.
• Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy across the Cluster and United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
• Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• We encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.