Behaviour Support Assistant

St Joseph's Catholic School, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1QY

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  5 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 May 2025

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: £26,409.00 - £27,711.00 Annually (FTE) Grade F, pro rata, term time only

Behaviour Support Assistant job summary

St Joseph's Catholic School

"With God's love and inspiration, we aspire and achieve excellence"

Job Title: Behaviour Support Assistant

Responsible to: Deputy Head

Salary: Grade F £26,409 - £27,711 pro rata, term time only

Contract: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week, term time only

Start Date: September 2025

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Job Purpose

To support the school in maintaining a positive learning environment by managing the on-call system for students removed or out of lessons, providing targeted behaviour support and helping students reintegrate into the classroom effectively. The Behaviour Support Assistant will work closely with teaching staff, pastoral teams, and senior leaders to promote a culture of respect, responsibility, and readiness to learn.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage on-call behaviour incidents across the school day
• Support and supervise students temporarily removed from lessons
• Use restorative approaches to help students reflect and reintegrate
• De-escalate challenging situations using effective behaviour strategies
• Record incidents accurately in the school’s behaviour management system
• Work closely with teaching and pastoral staff to support student needs
• Provide one-to-one or small group mentoring where appropriate
• Attend behaviour and pastoral meetings to contribute to support planning
• Maintain a calm, consistent, and professional presence around the school
• Promote a safe, respectful, and orderly school environment

About Us

St Joseph’s is a co-educational, 11-16 Catholic voluntary-aided school in the diocese of Clifton and the county of Wiltshire. Our aim is to provide an educational and caring environment where each person is valued and is given the dignity due to a child of God.

Everyone in our school is here for a purpose, to learn each day and to widen their knowledge, experience and imaginative understanding.

What we can offer you

• A supportive, driven and highly committed governing body and teaching and support staff
• Students who are enthusiastic and keen to learn
• CPD programme and ongoing professional development of the highest standard
• Free onsite parking
• Discounted gym membership
• Local Authority Healthcare Cashplan - cover towards optical and dental, private consultations and therapy appointments
• Access to discount scheme that includes over 300 stores
• Cycle to Work Scheme – allows eligible staff to purchase a bike/safety equipment. You do not pay income tax or national insurance contribution on the part of your salary which is “sacrificed” to pay for the bike or childcare vouchers.

Find out more and apply

You can find out more about this role and St Joseph's Catholic School by downloading our recruitment pack.

We actively encourage and welcome visits to our school before application. Please contact Mrs K Snell our HR Officer on ksn@sjcs.org.uk or 01722 335380.

Please complete our online application via MyNewTerm. CV's will not be accepted.

Closing date: Friday 5 June 2025

Interview date: 10 June 2025

*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All new staff within the school will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

The school has a designated senior member of the leadership team who is responsible for referring and monitoring any suspected case of abuse. All members of staff will receive training in line with our Child Protection policies.

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.

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.

About St Joseph's Catholic School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 597 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Joseph's Catholic School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-joseph-s-catholic-school

St Joseph’s is a smaller than average school. The warm and welcoming atmosphere is matched by a strong focus on pupil progress and hence improving their life chances.

Our reputation within the community, following year on year improvements in results has resulted in us becoming oversubscribed and a school of choice for many parents.

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