Behaviour Support Assistant
Abbey College, Ramsey, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, PE26 1DG12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
13 September 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £18,755.00 - £20,168.00 Annually (Actual) : Scale 4 Point 7 to 11 (£18755 to £20168 pro-rata figure). Term time plus 3 training days.
Behaviour Support Assistant job summary
Abbey College
Details for applicants
Would you like to visit us?
Informal visits are welcomed. We are not as far away as you think and driving through the countryside each morning is a very pleasant way to start you day! You’ll find us just 20-25 minutes from Peterborough and Huntingdon, and commutable from Cambridge too. Why not come and visit us so we can show you more of our school?
What do I do if I want to know more before applying?
You are very welcome to come and visit our wonderful school, please just let us know and we will arrange a tour of the department and wider school. More information is available on our website. However, if you have any further questions, please contact Sarah Noble sarah.noble@abbeycollege.cambs.sch.uk
We look forward to meeting you and receiving your application.www.abbeycollege.cambs.sch.uk
Job Description: Behaviour Support Assistant
Start Date: ASAP
New Scale Point: Scale 4 Point 7 to 11 (£18755 to £20168 pro-rata figure).
Hours: 37 (Term time only plus 3 training days)
Reports to: Student Support Manager
Liaises with: Other Pastoral Leaders, SSOs, Attendance Team, Behaviour lead, Safeguarding Team, SLT, teaching and support staff within the school, external agencies, pupils and families.
Guiding principles: To focus on developing the ’learning character’ of students in line with the school virtues.
Focus on the individual students and their aspirations, eliminating barriers to achievement.
Consistent high standards of learning and progress across the College.
Efficient and effective communication with all stakeholders.
Purpose:
- To support the Student Support Manager in leading a coordinated student support service for all year groups (6) 7-13: focusing on encouraging students to meet the high standards of behaviour, Abbey College Spirit and supporting all departments as required.
Key Responsibilities:
Ethos & Welfare: To assist the Student Support Manager with regard to:
- Providing administrative support for RSLs, and SLT by contacting parents and proactive telephone calls.
- Assisting with the transition programme for students joining the college and their families.
Behaviour: To assist the Student Support Manager with regard to:
- Coordinating the arrangements for pupils to be removed to ensure all students are learning. (Due to the size of our site this can be a physically demanding part of the roll.)
- Coordinating the detention process to ensure that all students sit the appropriate sanction and that parental communication is complete.
- Responding to behavioural incidents by investigating, collating statements and carrying out actions that arise in line with school policy
- Coordinating the arrangements for pupils suspended from school
- Parent meetings as needed and responding to parent enquiries regarding the behaviour system.
- Supporting the behaviour lead to complete RJ sessions and other pastoral interventions.
- Undertake training, attend INSET days and carry out relevant CPD to further develop understanding of pupils’ social, mental and emotional health (SMEH) needs and resulting behavioural difficulties.
- Undertaking necessary administrative work, ensuring all records of behaviour management within the school are kept up-to-date.
- Completing data reports for staff as required.
Wellbeing: To assist the Student Support Manager with regard to
- Ensuring all pupils have equal access to learning using appropriate strategies and resources, where necessary.
- Liaising with pastoral staff members to ensure the wellbeing of pupils and their full participation in school life.
- Raising any concerns regarding pupils’ behaviour with the relevant RSL/ SLT.
- Placing a strong focus on pupils’ SEMH needs.
First Aid: To assist the Student Support Manager with regard to
- Managing the school’s First Aid provision and budget including supplies, procedures, training schedules (bookings) and risk assessments.
- Working with the SENCO to support students with IHCPs
- Sharing relevant student medical information with staff.
- Ensuring annual medical updates for students are completed, including Asthma, Allergy and IHCP registers.
- Completing Individual Health Care Plans for students where necessary and carry out annual reviews of IHCPS.
- Managing the process of students with medical conditions joining the school.
- Managing and be responsible for the administration provision, storage, disposal of prescription medication kept on the school site, and maintain personal professional registration (SQP Registration) to enable supervision, administration and handling of “Controlled Drugs” on site in accordance with The Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) Regulations 2006, acting as “Competent Appointed Person”.
- Producing reports for governors and SLT on First Aid Incidents
- Managing the school’s annual student vaccination programme in conjunction with the local public health team and NHS Community Health Team Nurses. To ensure parental communication and consent procedures for vaccinations programmes are in place and effective.
- Managing the on the day organisation, staff cover, and external providers and NHS Community Health Team and provision of the vaccination programme.
Wellbeing
- Ensure all pupils have equal access to learning using appropriate strategies and resources, where necessary.
- Liaise with pastoral staff members to ensure the wellbeing of pupils and their full participation in school life.
- Raise any concerns regarding pupils’ behaviour with the relevant Raising Standards Lead.
- Implement any specific arrangements for individual pupils, ensuring that relevant staff members are aware of the measures in place.
- Provide individual pastoral support to pupils, where necessary.
- Continuously motivate and challenge pupils, whilst promoting and reinforcing self-esteem.
Safeguarding
- The post holder’s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people for whom they come into contact will be to adhere to and ensure compliance with the School’s Child Protection Policy Statement at all times. If in the course of carrying out the duties of the post the post holder becomes aware of any actual or potential risks to the safety or welfare of children in the school they must report any concerns to their Line Manager or the School’s Child Protection Officer.
Variation Clause
- This job description will be reviewed and updated periodically in order to ensure that it relates to the job performed or to incorporate any proposed changes. This procedure will be conducted by the Headteacher or line manager in consultation with the post holder. In these circumstances it will be the aim to reach agreement on reasonable changes but if agreement is not possible management reserves the right to make changes to the job description following consultation.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Abbey College, Ramsey
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1029 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Abbey College, Ramsey website (opens in new tab)
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