Behaviour Assistant

Location

Southwark, Greater London | United Kingdom

Job description

Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich is looking for a Behaviour Assistant to join an established behaviour and pastoral team, assisting them with the consistent implementation of the Academy Behaviour Policy.

About Us

Harris Boys' Academy East  Dulwich opened in September 2009 and is part of the Outstanding Harris Federation. Our vision is clear: nothing is impossible, and everything is possible, irrespective of personal characteristics or background. Every problem has a solution. We believe we are more robust, resilient and determined as a team than as a group of individuals. We support, challenge and hold each other to account at all levels within the academy to ensure that our students achieve their potential, are motivated, engaged and fully prepared for life beyond our academy. The academy's specialisms are Enterprise and Sport with a ‘can-do' ethos of always improving upon your personal best. The Academy will accommodate 750 boys when full. Harris Boys' benefits from a state-of-the-art purpose-built building with the very latest facilities and equipment. The Academy offers a co-educational Post 16 provision with the nearby Harris Girls' Academy. During a recent Ofsted inspection in November 2023, Harris Boys' Academy was judged as being 'Outstanding' in all areas.

Academy Ethos

We encourage our students to be critical thinkers and promote these skills throughout the curriculum. A student at Harris Boys' Academy will learn how to engage critically with foreign affairs, religion and society, issues of citizenship and the media, so they acquire the skills, and recognise the value of, thinking for yourself and thinking in a well-reasoned manner.

We are very lucky to have an amazing staff team who work together, and a body of professionals who are striving to be the very best they can be. Our staff are on board, want to change futures and want to be better at what they do. Our students buy into this idea and when you have these two points together, you can make wonderful things happen. This is shown through our outcomes and if you speak to the boys and the parents of this school community.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the consistent implementation of the academy Behaviour Policy
• The calm and purposeful entrance and exit of students into/out of the academy and between lessons
• Working with the other members if the behaviour team to ensure students are monitored and supervised before school, during break and throughout lunch
• Managing late detentions every afternoon
• Ensuring that students enter the building in full academy uniform and if not, following the agreed procedures
• Ensuring that follow up action is taken for students failing to meet academy standards
• Following through any issues to do with behaviour, such as taking student statements regarding incidents and passing these on to relevant colleagues
• Informally mentoring students on PSPs, supporting successful achievement of targets, including supporting in lessons as appropriate
• Ensuring that all issues that relate to student safety such as allegations of bullying are passed on to academy colleagues in a timely manner for further investigation
• Supervising students internally excluded or exited from lessons
• Liaising with the Vice Principal & Head of House to deliver the curriculum offer for the students attending the supervision room and the re-integration back into mainstream lessons
• Liaising with teaching staff to ensure appropriate work is provided and appropriate provision is in place
• Liaising with parents/carers and relevant APs and subject staff to ensure smooth transition to and from internal exclusion.
• Maintaining a calm and purposeful learning environment

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will have:

• GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above, or equivalent
• Knowledge of the academy behaviour for learning policy
• Knowledge of the range of barriers to learning that students face.
• Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
• Two years' experience of working in an inner-city school or educational establishment.
• Experience of dealing successfully with a range of behaviour issues
• Experience of working with staff to ensure excellent behaviour for learning.
• Experience of working with families
• Experience of supervising a group of students for detentions, referral and internal exclusion as appropriate
• Full working knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice
• Understanding of principles of student development and learning processes
• Ability to plan effective actions for pupils at risk of underachieving.

For a full and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Next Steps

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.

Rewards & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, and many other benefits. Learn more about  our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.

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