Support Manager - SEMH School, Basingstoke

Academics Ltd.; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive educational organization in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Support Manager to join their team in Basingstoke. This full-time position involves managing students with social, emotional, and mental health needs, ensuring effective communication, and providing guidance. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience working with challenging behaviour, along with a NVQ level 3 or 4. The role offers a supportive environment, starting in September.

Qualifications

• Possess an NVQ level 3 or 4 or equivalent.
• Have experience of working with children or young people with challenging behaviour.
• Possess behavioural knowledge and behavioural implementation.

Responsibilities

• Manage the behaviour of students with Social, Emotional, Communication and Interaction Difficulties.
• Support the Team Leader in implementing behavioural interventions.
• Provide care, support, guidance, and encouragement to students.

Job description

Overview

Support Manager – Basingstoke

Permanent position – September start! Actual salary - between £27,711 - £30,060 per annum

Academics are recruiting on behalf of a secondary school in Basingstoke who are seeking an experienced Support Manager to join their support staff team. This is a full-time, term-time position working 39 weeks of the year/42.5 hours per week.

They are a secondary SEMH provision which caters for pupils from 10-16 years with social, emotional and mental health needs, and other complex needs such as Autism. Due to the needs of the students, class sizes are small so you are able to meet their individual learning and emotional needs.

Responsibilities

The successful Support Manager will play an active role in managing the behaviour of students with Social, Emotional, Communication and Interaction Difficulties on a day to day basis. You will support the Team Leader in implementing ongoing behavioural interventions and ensuring effective communication is maintained throughout the school. As an experienced Support Manager you must have the skills to communicate complex information to staff, pupils and family members/carers in an empathetic and support way, which is often in a highly emotional/stressful environment. You will be required to provide care, support, guidance, discipline and encouragement to all students, offering fairness, boundaries and overall being a positive role model. You must have knowledge of theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of behavioural interventions, procedures and practices – i.e. positive and negative reinforcement.

Requirements

• Possess an NVQ level 3 or 4 or equivalent
• Have experience of working with children or young people with challenging behaviour
• Possess behavioural knowledge and behavioural implementation
• Be a car driver
• Come with classroom support experience
• Behaviour management training/de-escalation technique training is desirable but not essential

If you would like to be considered for the permanent, full-time role of Support Manager in Basingstoke to start in September, please apply!