Behaviour Support Assistant
Location
Hull, East Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Behaviour Support Assistant
Location: Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
Start date: April 2024
Salary: £75 - £96 per day
Job Description
GSL Education Hull is actively seeking to employ individuals for one of their client schools who would like to become academic, social, behavioural, and emotional support assistants. As a Support Assistant, you will be working either 1:1 or in small groups of students who are at risk of or have been excluded from mainstream education. You will need to be able to work 3 - 5 days a week during school hours, but also flexible to attend meetings with outside agencies after school hours if required.
This position is on a supply basis for GSL Education’s newly opened Hull office.
About the School
- Many pupils at the school are helped to develop their holistic needs when they may have struggled to succeed in another school.
- The school have a maximum of 55 Students, and only provide KS3 & KS4.
- Many of their students have more challenging & complex background, with a rigorous and academic education which challenges them, not only academically, but also in the terms of their place in society.
- Some of these students have been permanently excluded from Mainstream School
- The school aims to aims to help young people strive to develop positive behaviours and constructive attitudes and to overcome barriers to learning.
Key Responsibilities
- To support the work of the school and develop an in-depth understanding of the work they do, in-line with their aims and ethos.
- To support children in their participation of a number of activity groups for children with special educational needs, mainly Social, Emotional and Mental Health issues.
- To aid in the implementation of 1:1 behavioural intervention programme to children with Autism, other developmental delays, or Special Educational Needs.
- To receive training from GSL Education Hull in order to lead classes as a Cover Supervisor and to benefit from in-house training from the school.
- Observe, work with and record student’s behaviour.
- To follow session plans.
- Be committed to maintaining an excellent standard of educational support.
- To act professionally at all times.
In return, you can expect to develop an understanding of the school’s ethos, the work we do and the field of child psychology. You can also gain a better understanding of a range of developmental needs, perfect for those of you looking for experience within child psychology.
**Candidates must have a
clean Child Only DBS that is registered to the Update Service or be willing to apply for one.
Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection and that successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS on the update service.
For more information on the role of Learning Support Assistant in Hull, please call Dena Gillies at GSL Education and submit your CV via the application link. Alternatively, please visit the GSL Education website to apply online.
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Salary
£76 - £95 per day
