Behaviour Support Assistant
Sutton and Merton
£95 - £110 Per Day PAYE! (Depending on experience)
ASAP - February half term
If you are a resilient person who is looking for a new, challenging role supporting young people with behaviour and social, emotional and mental health needs, then this is the role for you!
We are working with a SEMH school based in South West London that is seeking passionate and resilient behaviour support assistants to join their experienced team. The school offers education to students in primary through to secondary who may be on a short-term or longer-term placement, as they are not able to attend mainstream education. This will be due to their challenging behaviour, social, emotional and mental health needs and can be other additional needs.
This role involves you supporting young people with complex and multiple needs to overcome barriers to attendance and engagement with school, by providing targeted and intensive intervention and child-centred support.
Behaviour Support Assistant role;
- Supporting students with challenging behaviour and social, emotional and mental health needs
- Class sizes will be no more than 6 students
- Working 1:1 and within small groups
- Supporting young people with their learning needs
- Building strong and meaningful relationships
- Experience and/or qualifications of working with pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties; The ability to motivate and support vulnerable young people;
- Good communication skills, with the ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with staff, students, parents/carers and other professionals
- You may also need to work on an outreach basis, depending on the needs of the pupils
Behaviour Support Assistant Requirements;
- To have previous school or relevant experience supporting challenging behaviour
- Supporting young people with SEMH, ASC, Anxiety and those who are disengaged with education *you must understand that challenging behaviours will be prominent in this role, and you must be able to have a good-hearted nature and really mentor*
- To be resilient and passionate about helping young people succeed
- If you have a passion for sports, music or other interests, this can be welcomed into the role
- To be flexible and willing to help support across the school in primary and secondary if needed
If this role sounds like something you feel you could really support and connect with young people, then please apply!
If you are interested in this role, or any other SEND specialist role, please apply to this advert, or call Jamie at Parker Smith on 0203 011 4848.