Student Behaviour & Engagement Officer

Smile Education; Telford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive rates of pay

Dedicated consultant support

Access to education opportunities

Long-term and permanent positions

Registration and compliance support

Job summary

Smile Education are recruiting for a Student Behaviour & Engagement Officer at a secondary school in Telford. The role focuses on supervising students, promoting positive behaviour and supporting pupils to participate fully in academy life.

The successful candidate will be confident with young people, calm under pressure and able to work with staff to create a safe, inclusive environment across the school day, including break and lunchtime supervision.

Qualifications

• Experience working with young people is desirable.
• Ability to build positive relationships and maintain boundaries.
• Willingness to work across break, lunch and other key points of the school day.

Responsibilities

• Promote high standards of behaviour across the Academy.
• Provide individual and group support to targeted students.
• Supervise students during break and lunchtime.
• Assist with the dismissal of students at the end of the day.
• Support the implementation of behaviour management procedures.
• Create a safe, respectful environment in partnership with staff.

Skills

Confidence with students

Approachability

Resilience

Relationship-building

Job description

Are you passionate about supporting young people, promoting positive behaviour and helping students overcome barriers to learning?

Smile Education are currently recruiting on behalf of a secondary school in Telford for a Student Behaviour & Engagement Officer to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is confident working with young people and has a calm, consistent and positive approach to behaviour management.

The role will predominantly focus on student supervision, behaviour management and supporting students around the school campus, helping to create a safe, positive and purposeful environment where students can participate fully in Academy life.

The Role

As a Student Behaviour & Engagement Officer, you will:

• Promote excellent behaviour and high standards throughout the Academy.
• Support students to develop self-regulation, accountability and resilience.
• Provide individual and group support to targeted students where required.
• Take responsibility for maintaining positive standards of behaviour and student conduct.
• Carry out physical supervision of students across the Academy.
• Supervise students during break and lunchtime.
• Support the supervision of seclusion.
• Supervise students in and around the Academy campus.
• Support with the dismissal of students at the end of the Academy day, both on campus and in the immediate vicinity.
• Support the implementation of the Academy's behaviour management procedures.
• Encourage students to participate fully in Academy life.
• Work alongside colleagues to create a safe, respectful and positive environment for all students.

Who We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who is confident, approachable and passionate about making a positive difference to young people.

You don't necessarily need to have worked in a school before. We're interested in candidates who can demonstrate the right attitude, resilience and ability to build positive relationships.

The ideal candidate will

• Be confident and consistent when managing student behaviour and maintaining boundaries.
• Have a calm, patient and approachable manner, even in challenging situations.
• Be able to build positive and trusting relationships with young people.
• Have the resilience to work with students who may display challenging behaviour or require additional support.Be passionate about helping young people develop accountability, self-regulation and resilience.
• Communicate effectively with students and colleagues.
• Be proactive, reliable and able to use their initiative when supervising students around the Academy.
• Be comfortable working both independently and as part of a wider pastoral and behaviour team.
• Have a genuine commitment to creating a safe, positive and inclusive school environment.
• Be willing to support students both inside and outside of the classroom, including during break, lunch and other key points of the school day.

Experience working with young people is desirable, whether this has been gained within education, youth work, sports coaching, mentoring, residential care, community work or another relevant setting.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who is enthusiastic, dependable, resilient and committed to helping students succeed.

Why Work with Smile Education?

• Competitive rates of pay.
• Dedicated consultant support throughout your placement.
• Access to a wide range of education opportunities across the West Midlands.
• Opportunities for long-term and permanent positions.
• Support throughout the registration and compliance process.
• A chance to make a genuine difference to young people's education and wellbeing.

We are committed to safeguarding children. Each applicant will be expected to undertake compliance checks including Prohibited list, Barred list, DBS and Qualifications.