Youth Behaviour - Harrow

Youth Behaviour 

Harrow, North West London  •  £95–£110/day PAYE  •  Full-Time, Term Time Only

Some young people have learned, through experience, that adult don’t stick around. This role is about proving them wrong.

A specialist alternative provision in Harrow is looking for a Youth Behaviour Mentor to support secondary-aged pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. Many of the young people here have experienced exclusion, disrupted education or significant challenges outside of school. What they need most is a steady, trustworthy adult who shows up every day without fail.

This is a structured setting with clear routines, experienced leadership and a genuine commitment to staff wellbeing. You will have the support you need to do this work well.

You will be present across the full school day, in lessons, during transitions, at break and at lunch, because consistency is the intervention. More specifically, you will:

• Support pupils through the school day including the unstructured moments where things can unravel
• Deliver 1:1 and small group mentoring focused on emotional regulation and building self-awareness
• Respond to challenging behaviour with calm, restorative and trauma-informed approaches rather than punitive ones
• Follow behaviour support plans and contribute meaningfully to EHCP targets and interventions
• Work closely with teaching and pastoral staff to ensure every pupil experiences consistency across the day
• Build the kind of respectful, boundaried relationships that make it safe for young people to take risks again

This is a specialist alternative provision for secondary pupils with SEMH needs, not a mainstream school with a support unit bolted on. The whole environment is designed around regulation, routine and rebuilding. That means smaller groups, clearer structures and a staff team that understands why relationships come before results.

Leadership here invests in its people. Staff wellbeing is taken seriously, CPD is ongoing and there is a clear framework to work within so you are never left to figure things out alone.

You do not need a specific qualification, but you do need experience working with young people who present with complex emotional or behavioural needs. Relevant backgrounds include:

• SEMH or behaviour support in a school, PRU or alternative provision
• Youth work, mentoring or key worker roles
• Residential care, children’s homes or support work
• Any setting where managing dysregulation and building trust were central to the job

More than your experience, we are looking for someone who is emotionally intelligent, genuinely resilient and committed to being a long-term consistent presence for young people who have had too many people walk away.

For pupils at this provision, school has often been a place where things went wrong. Where they were removed, excluded or simply failed. The right mentor, someone calm, consistent and real, can begin to change that story.

Progress here is quiet. It is a student who walks into a lesson they have been refusing for weeks. A conversation that ends without a crisis. A young person who, slowly, starts to believe that someone in school is genuinely on their side.

If that is the work you are looking for, purposeful, relationship-led and genuinely impactful, we would love to hear from you.

To apply or find out more, please contact Luke at Parker Smith Inclusion.

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