Behaviour Support Assistant
Ormiston Endeavour Academy, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6SG18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
December 2024
Closing date
1 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,455.00 - £24,620.00 Annually (Actual) Actual starting salary based on FTE salary of £27,269
Behaviour Support Assistant job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, positive, motivated and proactive individual to join our brilliant team of behaviour support assistants. Working as part of the larger Pastoral Team, the prime focus of the role will include overseeing student support areas, mentoring and supporting students in small groups or 1:1.
Ormiston Endeavour Academy is an 11-16 secondary Academy situated in north-east Ipswich. As a relatively small Academy with just under 700 students, we take pride in the high levels of support, care and challenge we offer all of our students. Endeavour students are warm, welcoming and willing to push themselves to succeed. Our fantastic staff are committed to providing a caring yet challenging environment in which young people can learn, develop and become successful global citizens.
Our new colleague will also benefit from being part of Ormiston Academies Trust, a MAT of 43 primary and secondary academies. The Trust’s vision is for all young people to have access to the highest academic, social and practical skills required to achieve their full potential. OAT support all staff so that they can enhance and develop their professional skills whatever their role within the trust.
About you:
You will be resilient and have an ability to help students reflect on their behaviour. You will have a commitment to the inclusive and restorative ethos of Ormiston Endeavour Academy and to the academic achievement of all students.
The role will also involve some pastoral administration work, including leading on the management of the school’s centralised detention and behaviour system and assisting with on-call. You will have excellent communication skills, good ICT skills and able to work as part of a team.
Our curriculum is organised to allow a course of study that is broad, rich and flexible in supporting students. In addition, we offer our students a broad enrichment programme which all staff are encouraged to participate in.
In return, we will offer you:
- Access to a wide range of employee benefits
- Support from a high performing team and access to trust-wide subject networks
- An academy which is focused on supporting the well-being of staff
Please see the job description for full detail of the role. If you would like to contact us for an informal chat or to arrange a visit, please contact c.miller@oeacademy.co.uk
The closing date for applications is 1 December 2024
We reserve the right to close applications early.
Ormiston Endeavour Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.
All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
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 Ormiston Endeavour Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 679 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Ormiston Endeavour Academy website (opens in new tab)
Ormiston Endeavour Academy is a Key Stage 3 and 4 (Yrs 7 - 11) secondary school with academy status located in Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk.
The school is sponsored by the Ormiston Academies Trust.
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