Senior Behaviour Support Manager

Teaching Vacancies; Hednesford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution is looking for a Senior Behaviour Support to join their pastoral team. The role involves collaborating with students, staff, and families to promote positive behaviour. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, be team-oriented, and hold relevant qualifications like an NVQ Level 3. The school offers a supportive work environment with various employee benefits, including opportunities for professional development and flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Excellent working environment

Continued professional development

Generous local government pension scheme

Flexible working opportunities

Employee Assistance Programmes

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills to work with students, parents, and staff.
• Ability to use ICT skills for monitoring and reporting.
• Flexible and creative approach to student behaviour.

Responsibilities

• Support good behaviour among students.
• Work collaboratively with staff to develop behaviour strategies.
• Lead Student Voice initiatives within the Leadership Team.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

ICT skills

Team player

Education

NVQ Level 3 or recognized equivalent qualification

GCSE C and above in numeracy/literacy

Job description

Overview

Hednesford Valley High School is looking to appoint a Senior Behaviour Support to join our motivated pastoral team at Hednesford Valley High School. This role involves working with students, staff, families and professionals to support good behaviour in the school.

What we're looking for

This post will require excellent communication skills to work with a wide range of SEN students. You need to be able to use ICT skills to monitor and log information and produce analysis reports to present to the Senior Leadership Team. To work with a range of staff to develop strategies to support students to change their behaviour. We require a positive person to work with students in school, leading the Student Voice in the Leadership Team, and working with Prefects.

We require a flexible and creative individual who:-

• Has very good numeracy/literacy skills equivalent to GCSE C and above.


• Has NVQ Level 3 or recognized equivalent qualification.


• Has excellent communication skills with students, parents/carers and professions.


• Good ICT skills.


• Has a passionate commitment to raising the attainment of all students in a special school.


• A team player who is able to work collaboratively with others.


• This role may require you to work across the school/sites with other student groups if required.

What the school offers its staff

Hednesford Valley High School recognises its employees as the most important asset and critical to its success. To demonstrate this all staff are offered the following benefits:

• Excellent working environment.


• A supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all colleagues


• Termly “Deep Work” days to support your role.


• Continued professional development opportunities.


• Pay progression and recognition of continuous service.


• Generous local government pension scheme.


• Access to comprehensive and flexible Employee Assistance Programmes which include:

• Cycle to Work Schemes


• Online gym classes


• Health and wellbeing support and advice e.g., Men’s Health, Wellbeing Action Plans, Better Sleep, Relaxation and Meditation, Understanding Menopause.


• Financial advice services


• Think Well, fast track counselling service.


• Physiotherapy


• Eye-sight testing


• Retail discounts in supermarkets, high street shops, restaurants and days out.


• Free car parking


• Free staff tea and coffee


• Flexible working opportunities are available.

Commitment to safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. The selected candidate will also have social media checks. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.