Behaviour Support Worker (secondary)

Shorefields; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD training

Pension scheme

Eyecare scheme

Cycle to work

Job summary

The Sigma Trust is recruiting for a Behaviour Support Worker to join the Secondary GROW provision at Stanway in Colchester. You will support students with social and emotional wellbeing needs and contribute to a personalised curriculum. The post is 37 hours per week over 39 teaching weeks, with a fixed term until 31 October 2027.

We value safeguarding and collaborative practice, with CPD opportunities and employee benefits. Applications from teaching and educational support staff are welcome.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in learning support/behaviour support or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Able to contribute pro-actively to a team supporting children, families and carers.
• Able to assess progress, performance and suggest appropriate strategies to support development.
• Able to establish rapport and build trusting relationships with children, families and other adults.

Responsibilities

• Support high quality specialist educational support for KS3 children with SEMH needs.
• Help children progress socially, emotionally and academically.

Skills

Proactive teamwork

Rapport building

Assessment & planning

Communication with carers

Education

NVQ Level 3 in learning support/behaviour support

Job description

Job Ref No. ECC5462-384 Position Type: Teaching/Child Support Pay Range: Scale 4 Points 8-9

Position Start Date: Immediate Contract Type: Part-time Contract Term: Fixed

Application Close: 04/10/2026 Midnight Date of Interviews: 12th/15th or 16th October

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

Salary: £23,755 to £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:

• 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 plus 5 non pupil days) during term time only.

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.

We are managing all current recruitment directly and kindly request that agencies do not contact us regarding open positions.

Information about the School

About The Stanway SchoolThe Stanway School is a heavily over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school with over 1,300 students currently on roll, the vast majority of whom live in Stanway and the surrounding villages to the west of Colchester. The school is a specialist school in Humanities and Maths & Computing. We have undertaken a huge rebuilding programme and the Creative Arts block, the latest phase of our expansion project, opened in September 2018. By 2021, all year groups will be full with 280 students following this expansion of the school buildings. This is an exciting time to join an already successful school that is looking to continually improve practice: staff are enthusiastic and many take part in voluntary research groups into key areas of school life; students are well-behaved and achieve results above expectation; the culture of the school is calm and purposeful.In March 2012 The Stanway School converted to an academy and in September 2016 joined the newly formed Sigma Trust, a partnership of schools located in North East Essex covering both Colchester and Tendring.

John PlayerHeadteacherThe Stanway School

SafeguardingThe 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 process, 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.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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Sigma Trust HR Team
The Stanway School
Winstree Road
Stanway, Colchester
Essex, CO3 0QA Telephone: [phone]
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