Behaviour Practitioner

Stoke Damerel Community College, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 4BD

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  21 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: 35 hours per week x 39 weeks per year (Term time plus inset days) 08:30am – 4:00pm Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Salary calculated in line with NJC Grade D pay scale, points 08 - 14, £26,824 - £29,540 per annum (£21,882 - £24,097 per annum pro-rated).

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are now recruiting for an enthusiastic, adaptable and resilient Behaviour Practitioner to support students within our On Site Provision (OSP), Student Recovery Centre to support positive behaviours, including working with school based refusers, to reintegrate positively back into lessons.

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

What the school offers its staff

The GLT recognises that our employees are our most important asset, and we are aware that the quality and commitment of our employees is critical to our success. We offer all our employees the following staff benefits:

• A supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all colleagues
• Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression
• Employer contributions to Local Government (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Blue Light Scheme
• Gym membership scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free eye tests
• Car benefit scheme
• My Health discounts

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Stoke Damerel Community College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1284 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stoke Damerel Community College website
• Email address: HR@sdcc-smhc.net
• Phone number: 01752 556065
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stoke-damerel-community-college-plymouth

Stoke Damerel Community College and Scott Medical and Healthcare College 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.

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.

Stoke Damerel Community College and Scott Medical & Healthcare College are next door to each other. No additional travel is required.
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.

As one of the highest performing multi-academy trusts in the country, we currently comprise of thirty schools: seven in South London, five in Berkshire, one in Surrey, fourteen in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, and three in Plymouth. We are continuing to grow and have further schools joining us on a regular basis.

We are ambitious about diversity and inclusion and very much look forward to receiving applications from candidates whose personal qualities and values reflect those in the person specification and whose experiences also place them in a strong position to deliver the challenges set out in the job description. We encourage applications from candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, religion, belief, or race.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore this appointment will be subject to vetting, including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Arranging a visit to Stoke Damerel Community College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@sdcc-smhc.net.

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