Job description
Job Title: Behaviour Support
Location: Sheffield
Pay Rate: £460 - £650 per week (depending on experience)
Start Date: Immediate
Contract: Full-time/ Part-time, Day-to-day/ Long-term
Do you have the determination to help pupils overcome challenges and build a brighter future?
GSL Education South Yorkshire Branch are hiring committed Behaviour Support to join inclusive schools in Sheffield. This role is ideal for individuals who are passionate about supporting pupils with behavioural, emotional, and social needs through positive intervention and consistent guidance. You will work alongside teachers and pastoral teams to encourage positive choices, improve engagement, and create an environment where pupils feel supported to succeed.
The Behaviour Support professional helps pupils develop positive behaviours, improve emotional resilience, and engage confidently with learning through structured support and effective mentoring.
Behaviour Support Responsibilities:
- Deliver personalised behaviour support that encourages pupils to achieve individual targets
- Build trusting relationships that promote confidence, self-esteem, and emotional wellbeing
- Assist in creating a calm and structured classroom environment that supports learning
- Work alongside teachers to identify barriers to learning and implement appropriate interventions
- Encourage pupils to develop effective coping strategies and positive social behaviours
- Contribute to pupil support meetings by providing observations and progress updates
Behaviour Support Requirements:
- Experience supporting children or young people within education, care, mentoring, or youth services
- Understanding of behaviour management strategies and inclusive educational practice
- Ability to communicate effectively with pupils, colleagues, and families
- Patient, resilient, and adaptable approach to supporting individual needs
- Strong commitment to safeguarding and promoting pupil wellbeing
- Enhanced DBS on the update service (or willingness to apply)
Why Join GSL Education:
- Be rewarded with attractive rates for your working expertise
- Flexible placements available across a variety of school settings
- Opportunity to strengthen your behaviour support and pastoral experience
- Dedicated consultant offering continuous guidance and career support
- Develop valuable skills while making a meaningful difference to pupils' lives
Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection and that successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks; including providing an enhanced DBS certificate registered on the update service, or completing an application for a new check.
As an ethical, inclusive, and independent recruitment agency, GSL Education are committed to providing quality teaching and support staff in schools throughout the South Yorkshire.
For more information or to register your interest in the Behaviour Support role, or to be considered, please click apply now to submit your full and up-to-date CV, and one of our dedicated consultants will be in touch.