Behaviour Support Assistant

Prospectsonline; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Prospectsonline is recruiting for a Behaviour Support role within a dedicated team at a mixed comprehensive school near Leeds, Huddersfield and Wakefield. 37 hours per week, term time only plus 5 days, with hours 8am–4pm (Mon–Thu) and 8am–3.30pm (Fri). Interviews scheduled for Thursday 22 October 2026.

The role involves mentoring pupils, promoting self-esteem and safeguarding procedures. Applicants must be patient, have a good sense of humour, and relate positively to young people needing help

Qualifications

• Patience, a sense of humour and an ability to relate positively to young people.

Responsibilities

• Provide behaviour support to pupils, challenging and motivating them and promoting self-esteem.
• Work with pupils in behaviour support, mentoring and classroom assistance as part of a planned rota.
• Contribute to Time Away from School Community (TASC) and respond to incidents during the school day.

Job description

37 hours per week, term time only + 5 days

Actual hours of work: 8am - 4pm Monday to Thursday, 8am - 3.30pm Friday

Required asap

This is an exciting and challenging role as part of our Behaviour Support Team and the successful applicant will have patience, a sense of humour and an ability to relate positively to young people; all of whom will need particular help to overcome barriers to learning.

Vacancy Information

You will join a dedicated team, providing behaviour support to pupils, challenging and motivating pupils and promoting their self-esteem.

The Behaviour Support Team work with pupils who are finding it difficult to meet our behaviour expectations via mentoring, interventions and classroom support, ensuring they have every opportunity to be successful. The team also runs our Time Away from School Community (TASC) room and respond to incidents during the school day. As part of this team, you would be undertaking all of these activities as part of a planned rota.

We are an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school with outstanding facilities, a state-of-the-art learning environment; we are extremely popular and oversubscribed. The school is within easy reach of Leeds, Huddersfield and Wakefield and the surrounding district.

Interviews: Thursday 22 October 2026

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people in our recruitment procedures. We adhere to statutory guidelines in respect of safer recruitment though a variety of checks which will include online searches on all shortlisted candidates. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and eligibility to teach/work in our school will be checked with the DfE.

This role is customer facing and therefore in line with the Immigration Act 2016; all applicants must be able to demonstrate fluency of the English Language to the level defined in the job description.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

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