Inclusion & Interventions Assistant

City of Derby Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 3AR

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  2 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Scale 5 £24,990 - £27,083 Pro rata (£28,931 - £31,355 FTE)

Inclusion & Interventions Assistant job summary

PURPOSE OF THE POST:

Purpose:  

• To assist with the effective implementation of behaviour support systems within the school, ensuring a positive and inclusive environment that promotes student well-being and academic achievement.

Main Duties

Behaviour Management:

• Lead the Reflection and Reparation Rooms, ensuring students engage in meaningful reflection and restoration.
• Supervise students who have been withdrawn from mainstream lessons due to behaviour issues.
• Develop and implement effective behaviour management strategies.
• Promote positive behaviour for learning and maintain a calm working environment.

Student Support:

• Welcome and support students in the Reflection and Reparation Rooms.
• Work with students with social, emotional, and mental health needs to help them manage their behaviour.
• Communicate with students about their behaviour and provide constructive feedback.
• Support students in completing work set by their class teachers to ensure they do not fall behind.
• Support pupils in their reintegration into lessons following periods of removal from class.

Staff Collaboration:

• Work closely with teachers, Curriculum Leaders, Heads of Year, and Senior Leadership Team to support student behaviour and learning.
• Liaise with Year Leaders, Pastoral and Learning Support staff regarding the behaviour and learning difficulties of students.
• Participate in school-based meetings and training activities.

Administration:

• Manage the administration and delivery of behaviour assessments, interventions and reports.
• Maintain accurate records of student behaviour and interventions.
• Maintain a daily log of students assigned to the Reflection and Reparation Rooms and record their behaviour and progress.
• Manage the Reward Shop; fulfilling orders, stock taking and monitoring trends in what students are buying with their Class Chart points.

Safeguarding:

• Ensure compliance with safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Maintain confidentiality and observe data protection guidelines.

Supporting Corridor and Lesson Behaviour:

• Be part of a team that attends lessons when students are not meeting the expectations for learning.
• Support staff and students so that students can return to learning.
• Use strategies and techniques to help students re-establish their self-regulation so that they can return to learning.
• Respond to challenging behaviours in a calm and proportionate manner to maintain a safe and calm school environment.

Why work for us?

• City of Derby Academy is also a proud member of QEGSMAT. At QEGSMAT we believe and promote that an exceptional workforce creates exceptional results; they transform lives and transform futures. We support every student to achieve their full potential and become a confident, resilient, and compassionate individual who can make a positive contribution to society.
• At QEGSMAT, we value the hard work and dedication of our team members, and as such we believe that progression should be a simple process. That’s why we are proud to offer an Automatic Pay Review program, rather than the traditional annual pay and performance review, as part of our comprehensive benefits package.
• Continual access to CPD opportunities. QEGSMAT works with a large number of organisations to develop staff to fulfil their aspirations and potential. We are committed to providing first-rate training and development to all our staff within this evolving Trust.
• We are committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
• QEGSMAT is a recognised Disability Confident employer.
• All staff have access to our Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential, independent and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. This can also include bespoke counselling sessions for staff if needed.
• All roles are subject to nationally agreed terms and conditions of service.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with employer contributions of 23.4% for Derbyshire support staff. 
• Family-friendly policies.
• Access to Flu Vaccines.
• Opportunity to work flexibly.

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

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About City of Derby Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 913 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: City of Derby Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/city-of-derby-academy-derby

At the City of Derby Academy, we believe that academic outcomes are important and our expectation is that we will achieve national progress standards. However, we do not measure the success of our students by their examination results alone. Students access a balanced curriculum and we continually strive to develop characteristics such as self-confidence, self-belief and self-esteem so our students are fully prepared for life in modern Britain.

We believe that when the school, parents/carers and students share high expectations every child will achieve great things. This includes having an excellent attitude centred on respect, high standards of appearance, good manners, full attendance and punctuality.

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