Behaviour Support Mentor

Behaviour Support Mentor

Teaching Personnel are looking to recruit a Behavioural Support Assistant to assist with supporting children with challenging behaviour in Alternative Provisions across Preston and Blackpool.

The schools cater for 11–16-year-olds with complex SEMH difficulties and ASC; therefore, many children may display challenging behaviours and cannot thrive in a mainstream school. The successful candidate must be strong and resilient in order to be a good role model for the children at the school. The schools pride themselves on having a broad curriculum in an attempt to reengage their pupils, therefore, the successful candidate should be able to cultivate this interest and ensure to remain positive even in difficult situations.

As a Behavioural Mentor, your duties will include you will be required to supervise the pupils throughout the school day, encourage the pupils to engage with their education, build rapport with the pupil, be a role model, help the pupils to understand why their education is important. You may be required to work 1:1 with a certain pupil or provide more general classroom support.

I am keen to speak to candidates who have previous experience supporting children or adults who display challenging behaviours, whether this be in a residential or educational setting. These can include - Sports Coaches, Carers, Residential support workers, Youth Workers and those with the experience within the Prison system or the Military.

If you posess the following, please get in touch!

• Patience and resilience. 
• Can manage chalennging behviour and set boundaries.
• Able to encourage pupils learning in a positive way.
• Are caring and nurturing.
• Are able to reinforce positive behaviour.

Key Information: 

• Fulltime role, Monday-Friday. 
• ASAP start. 
• £12.90+ dpeending on experience and additional duties. 
• Temporary contractm with a possibility of going permanent.

Apply today!

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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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