Behaviour Support Officer

Barnsley Academy is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Schools within United Learning work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our intranet site, United Hub, is just one example of how we share resources and communicate across sites, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. We reward our staff: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately the satisfaction of supporting schools in their quest to give every child the opportunity to succeed and reach their full potential.

We are seeking to appoint a Behaviour Support Officer to join our team at Barnsley Academy. We are looking to recruit someone with a child centred approach and excellent people skills to support students effectively in order for them to fully participate in learning.

Main duties will include:

• Working under the direction of the Behaviour Manager to provide on call support to pupils needing extra assistance to realise their potential, including dealing with day to day behaviour issues.
• Support with the provision of support for those pupils who need extra help to overcome barriers to learning.
• To support teaching staff to minimise disruption to lessons.
• Respond to individual pupil welfare and behavioural issues.
• To build positive relationships with students,
• Working closely with the Cornerstone, Safeguarding team and other relevant staff to ensure that the needs of students with additional learning needs are met so they can develop positive behaviours for learning

What we can offer you:

Excellent facilities and resources.
A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
Caring, dedicated and friendly students.
Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
Excellent employee benefits which include an excellent pension scheme.

What we would like from you:

• To be both authoritative and approachable and have excellent people skills.
• To be a team player.
• To have a sound knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.
• To be resilient in following the academy behaviour policy.
• A fundamental belief in the power of education to enable pupils to achieve anything they set their minds to.
  

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an Academy making year on year progress under current leadership. In turn, we are looking for a candidate committed to playing a part in transforming the lives of our young people.
 
Barnsley Academy is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

To Apply

Please apply online by clicking on this link

Closing Date: Monday 5 November 2018 at 12 noon
Interviews: To take place later the same week

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