Job description
Behaviour Teaching Assistant
Location: York, North Yorkshire
Start Date: September 2024 or sooner
Salary: £83 – £100 per day
Contract: Full Time, Term Time Only
GSL Education is working with an Alternative Provision in York, North Yorkshire to appoint a full-time Behaviour Teaching Assistant to support young people aged 4 to 16 years old, with behavioural challenges and social, emotional, and mental health needs. This is a rewarding position, which offers you a unique working environment, supportive senior leadership team and exciting career development opportunities.
As the ideal Behaviour Teaching Assistant, you should have:
- Experience working in a Pupil Referral Unit, Special Educational Needs School, Alternative Provision or Children’s Home.
- A Level 2 qualification related to Children, Young People, Education, Social Work, Health, and Social Care or similar.
- Good understanding and experience of supporting young people with additional needs, such as social, emotional, and mental health needs, autism, ADHD and learning difficulties.
- Awareness of verbal de-escalation techniques; behaviour management training such as Team Teach or NAPPI is advantageous but not essential.
- A genuine passion to help young people overcome their barriers to learning and succeed in wider life.
Working as a Behaviour Teaching Assistant, your duties will include:
- Provide pastoral support to pupils.
- Support the provision for pupils with additional needs in relation to social, emotional, and behavioural development.
- Assist in developing individual behaviour and support plans.
- Support pupils to make appropriate choices about their learning and behaviour.
- Support class leads with the creation and implementation of plans and strategies for the development and education of pupils.
- Promote positive values, attitudes, and inclusivity throughout the school.
If you are seeking a rewarding job role and would like more information, please contact Kerry Fowler at GSL Education as soon as possible. Alternatively, please submit an up-to-date CV via the application link.