Behaviour Support Assistant

Position: Behaviour Support Assistant

Location: Rawtenstall

Start date: February 2025

Contract: permanent post

Are you a Nurturing Educator committed to improving the lives of children and young people?

Teaching Personnel are looking for a Nurturing Youth Worker to join a fantastic school in Rawtenstall. As a Youth Worker, you will take a creative approach to supporting pupils according to their educational needs, ensuring delivery of the school curriculum in a way that maximises children’s achievement and ability to develop.

The youth worker is responsible for supporting the children to ensure the effective delivery of the school’s curriculum. The ideal candidate will successfully set a vision and targets for pupil success and be confident in using their knowledge and expertise to monitor progress, give regular feedback and encourage their young people to take a responsible and conscientious attitude to their own work and study.

About the School
This independent, specialist school for pupils aged 11 to 18, who have a wide range of needs. Their dedicated team, work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

The school pride themselves in steering children in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements.  They build confidence in their students, so they can have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

It is essential that the applicant must have prior experience supporting children with SEMH. As these are challenging environments the applicant must offer strategies for the children to cope with high pressure situations.

If you are interested in this position, please register your interest with Keira by clicking apply now! You will be contacted within 48hours to discuss next steps.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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