Behaviour Support Assistant
St Joseph's Catholic School
Salisbury
- £26,409 - £27,711 pro rata
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade F, pro rata, term time only
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 5 June 2025
Job overview
St Joseph's Catholic School
"With God's love and inspiration, we aspire and achieve excellence"
Job Title: Behaviour Support Assistant
Responsible to: Deputy Head
Salary: Grade F £26,409 - £27,711 pro rata, term time only
Contract: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week, term time only
Start Date: September 2025
Job Purpose
To support the school in maintaining a positive learning environment by managing the on-call system for students removed or out of lessons, providing targeted behaviour support and helping students reintegrate into the classroom effectively. The Behaviour Support Assistant will work closely with teaching staff, pastoral teams, and senior leaders to promote a culture of respect, responsibility, and readiness to learn.
Main Responsibilities
- Manage on-call behaviour incidents across the school day
- Support and supervise students temporarily removed from lessons
- Use restorative approaches to help students reflect and reintegrate
- De-escalate challenging situations using effective behaviour strategies
- Record incidents accurately in the school’s behaviour management system
- Work closely with teaching and pastoral staff to support student needs
- Provide one-to-one or small group mentoring where appropriate
- Attend behaviour and pastoral meetings to contribute to support planning
- Maintain a calm, consistent, and professional presence around the school
- Promote a safe, respectful, and orderly school environment
About Us
St Joseph’s is a co-educational, 11-16 Catholic voluntary-aided school in the diocese of Clifton and the county of Wiltshire. Our aim is to provide an educational and caring environment where each person is valued and is given the dignity due to a child of God.
Everyone in our school is here for a purpose, to learn each day and to widen their knowledge, experience and imaginative understanding.
What we can offer you
- A supportive, driven and highly committed governing body and teaching and support staff
- Students who are enthusiastic and keen to learn
- CPD programme and ongoing professional development of the highest standard
- Free onsite parking
- Discounted gym membership
- Local Authority Healthcare Cashplan - cover towards optical and dental, private consultations and therapy appointments
- Access to discount scheme that includes over 300 stores
- Cycle to Work Scheme – allows eligible staff to purchase a bike/safety equipment. You do not pay income tax or national insurance contribution on the part of your salary which is “sacrificed” to pay for the bike or childcare vouchers.
Find out more and apply
You can find out more about this role and St Joseph's Catholic School by downloading our recruitment pack.
We actively encourage and welcome visits to our school before application. Please contact Mrs K Snell our HR Officer on ksn@sjcs.org.uk or 01722 335380.
Please complete our online application via the following https://shorturl.at/7cXgI
CV's will not be accepted.
Closing date: Friday 5 June 2025
Interview date: 10 June 2025
*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Attached documents
About St Joseph's Catholic School
- St Joseph's Catholic School
- Church Road, Laverstock, Salisbury
- Wiltshire
- SP1 1QY
- United Kingdom
"With God's love and inspiration, we aspire and achieve excellence"
Our School
St Joseph’s Catholic School is a successful co-educational, comprehensive school serving the scattered rural community of South Wiltshire. We are a secondary school of approximately 600 students on roll. We offer a broad and balanced curriculum, are firmly committed to establishing first-class standards and are proud of our achievements. Our expectations are high and this is reflected in the achievements of our well-rounded students.
Our school encourages and guides each of its students to develop their own unique gifts and talents. Everyone in our school is here for a purpose, to learn each day and to widen their knowledge, experience and cultural awareness.
Our Values
St Joseph’s Catholic School is committed to the formation of character and the acquisition of a value system that will enable young people to live life to the full. These values centre on developing a responsible character.
Our aim is to help our young people develop the ability to live within a community. We want them to learn that compassion, justice and love are the keys to a life well-lived. St Joseph’s is a vibrant and dynamic school with high expectations and great ambitions for every one of our students.
What we offer our staff
- CPD programme and ongoing professional development of the highest standard
- Free onsite parking.
- Discounted gym membership.
- Local Authority Healthcare Cashplan - cover towards optical and dental, private consultations and therapy appointments.
- Access to discount scheme which includes over 300 stores.
- Cycle to Work Scheme – current schemes allow eligible staff to purchase a bike or safety equipment. You do not pay income tax or national insurance contribution on the part of your salary which is “sacrificed” to pay for the bike or childcare vouchers.
- A supportive and driven team of teachers and support staff.
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