Sir James Smith’s School is looking to appoint a new colleague to lead our behaviour support team. The successful applicant will demonstrate a positive and adaptable approach to ensuring all students achieve excellent outcomes.

You will be expected to work alongside teaching and non-teaching colleagues to support students in the school’s behaviour setting called ‘Reset’ and ‘Reflection’ and work alongside pastoral colleagues supporting students who find it difficult to meet the classroom learning expectations.

The successful applicant will be working with students who present classroom behaviour needs and require support and guidance to achieve curriculum success.  It is therefore crucial that you can demonstrate experience working with secondary-aged students and ideally those who have found it difficult to positively engage with a school or similar setting.

The students of Sir James Smith’s have huge opportunities ahead of them. They have high expectations for their futures and understand the need for an outstanding education. This appointment will specifically support those students who require additional support to be successful in their futures based on excellent GCSE outcomes.

A collaborative approach and the ability to work with colleagues positively is essential, alongside high levels of professionalism and expectations for oneself and our students.

The main duties of the role will be:

• Manage ‘Reset’ and ‘Reflection’ provision.

•  Deliver and manage small classroom learning episodes to students.

• Support colleagues’ delivery of the Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 curriculum in ‘Reset’ and ‘Reflection’.

The core skills for the role will include:

• Confidence to work with a range of students on an individual basis through to small group work and promote engagement and positive behaviours.

• Understanding the impact socio-economic factors can have and how lived experiences can influence student’s ambition.

• Collaboration and co-operation with students, colleagues and school leaders.

• Personal drive to develop strategies and techniques to support individual students and groups of students.

• Levels of professionalism and an outlook that match the school’s aspiration and allows all students to leave with excellent outcomes.

• Qualifications or experience in working within pastoral support and behaviour work would be advantageous to this role.

We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.  We reserve the right to withdraw this job advertisement when we have received sufficient applications.

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