Behaviour Practitioner

Behaviour Practitioner

Job Type:  Permanent

Hours or work: 14 hours 08:30am – 4:00pm (2 days x 39 weeks) or

35 hours 08:30am – 4:00pm (Monday to Friday x 39 weeks)

Salary calculated in line with NJC Grade D pay scale, point 8 – 14 £25,992 - £28,624 FTE per annum

Actual salary: 2 days = £8,481 - £9,340 per annum, 35 Hours per week = £21,203 - £23,350 per annum

We are now recruiting for an enthusiastic, adaptable and resilient Behaviour Practitioner to support students within the Student Recovery Centre, OSP or Internal Suspension room to recover behaviour and support reintegration into lessons. 

If you have a positive and proactive attitude with exceptional communication skills to build and maintain good rapport with students we would welcome your application.

Main duties and responsibilities

• To work closely with the Associate Assistant Headteacher & leadership team to supervise the day to day operation of students within the Recovery Centre, Internal Suspension Room or OSP
• Use a trauma informed approach to de-escalate student behaviour and support engagement with learning 
• Ensure students are calm and ready for learning within the centre
• To provide support, advice and guidance for students who are becoming disaffected or disengaged in lessons and around the College campus.
• Administer, track and monitor student progress with their work within the Recovery Centre or Internal Suspension Room providing appropriate support to students
• Feedback to relevant colleagues on students’ achievements within the Centre
• Liaising with teachers to ensure follow up restorative conversations occur, and support those to be positive discussion for all parties
• Identify patterns of behaviour and contribute to feedback to staff on successful strategies through consultation with student and staff
• Day to day administration tasks include registering students, updating the tracker and maintaining accurate records
• Communicating with parents to support positive engagement
• Supporting detention duties as needed

These responsibilities may be varied from time to time to meet the changing needs of the college.

Stoke Damerel Community College & Scott Medical and Healthcare College are a vibrant and aspirational community of teachers and learners. We have an excellent teaching and support staff team who demonstrate and encourage a lifelong love of learning, within and beyond our curriculum.

The successful candidate will work across Stoke Damerel Community College and Scott Medical & Healthcare College. No additional travel is required as the sites are next door to each other.

Our campus is based in the heart of the city of Plymouth with stunning view of the Plymouth Sound and easy walking distance of the most accessible city waterfront. We encourage all young people to work hard and make the most of the opportunities they are given. Our amazing team of teachers and support staff themselves demonstrate and encourage a lifelong love of learning, both within and beyond our curriculum.

We are proud members of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a ‘family’ of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing our own distinctive character. The Trust is a vibrant and forward-thinking community of teachers, support staff and learners committed to educating the ‘whole child’ to improve life chances, whilst securing the best possible outcomes for students.

We welcome applications from individuals who have experience of working with young people either in an educational and/or social care setting. You must be able to establish excellent relationships with pupils and colleagues, and work well within a team. 

For further information on this vacancy, please register for an online account to complete the application form. Please visit our website www.greenshawlearningtrust.co.uk/join-us/staff 

Close date: 11:59pm on Sunday 1st December 2024

Greenshaw Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All teaching and support members of staff must undertake the required pre-employment checks which include the uptake of references both professional and personal and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.