Behaviour Support Assistant

Full Time, Term Time Only

St Mary Magdalene C of E School is the only all through school in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.   We are looking to recruit a Secondary Phase Behaviour Support Assistant to provide practical assistance, working with the Behaviour Manager to facilitate student access to education, promoting inclusion, assessing and supporting achievement and monitoring progress, whilst supporting pupils with behavioural needs as required.

All applicants should ideally have experience working with secondary school-aged children (this experience may have been gained within a mainstream education, in a specialist provision or maybe outside of education).

We offer successful applicants the opportunity to work as part of a friendly and multi-disciplinary team.

We welcome applications from candidates who: 

• Can be a strong role model
• Have a professional manner 
• Are enthusiastic and have a friendly approach 
• Are reliable and hard working
• Have good IT, literacy and numeracy skills

About the school: St. Mary Magdalene is a popular and successful outstanding all through school with two school sites; our primary site in Woolwich and our all through site on the Greenwich Peninsula.  Our secondary phase has students in years 7-12.  St Mary Magdalene leads a federation with another primary school in Greenwich (SE10), Christ Church.

Please note that there are no parking facilities at the school, but we are lucky to be served by a number of transport links (North Greenwich - Jubilee Line - is a short walk away and the following bus routes stop within a very short walk of the school 108, 129, 132, 161, 188, 335, 422, 472, 486).  Do please consider this before applying.

We can offer:

• a supportive leadership team and vibrant professional community

• a positive school culture

• a commitment to continuing professional development

• energetic and enthusiastic high attaining pupils

• a supportive, Christian ethos across our school communities

As this role will involve contact with children we will take up at least two references before interview asking about your suitability to work with children. Any job offer will be conditional on you having a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Criminal Records Check and Barred List Check, having the legal right to work in the UK and having satisfactory overseas criminal records checks if deemed necessary.

Please note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to take part in an observation and interview process.  We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of applications.

For further information, please contact Emma Clark by email eclark@koinoniafederation.com