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Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Assistant

Abbot's Lea School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L25 6EE

This job expired on 27 May 2022 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  27 May 2022 at 10am

• Date listed

  9 May 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
  • 8:30am-4.00pm (1 x 5pm finish 6 times a year) 35 hours per week - 39 weeks per year term time plus 2 weeks during holidays
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 5 (from £22,926 to £26,840 actual salary)

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Assistant job summary

We are now expanding our Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) and look to appoint a suitably qualified team of Assistant’s to work under the direction of our Positive Behaviour Support Leader (PBSL).

The successful candidates will help drive innovation across the school and work in our Support Hub, providing therapeutic assistance to students who, for a range of personal reasons, need help to attend school and engage in class-based learning.

Working closely with class teams, you will help delivery PBS Plans and ensure students’ needs are met on a day to day basis. You will be responsible for the set-up of activities and resources in the Hub with the aim of meeting students’ individual need. You will monitor progress against the plans and work with the wider MDT to review them.

You will be a Team Teach trainer (training provided) and will deliver training and coaching to staff across the school, ensuring practice is consistent.

You will have experience of working directly with children or young people with learning disabilities / autism who engage in behaviour that challenges. You will be student focussed and work with compassion and empathy.

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.

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About Abbot's Lea School

• School type: Special school, ages 3 to 19
• School size: 271 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Abbot's Lea School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@abbotsleaschool.co.uk
• Phone number: 01514281161
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/abbot-s-lea-school (opens in new tab)

Abbot’s Lea School is a large and highly successful special school educating over 270 students aged 3-19, who, due to their Autism and associated learning differences, require significant multidisciplinary specialist support to thrive and achieve their full potential.

The school’s mission statement is to be the International Centre of Excellence for Autism Education, Research and Professional Development.

We ensure outstanding outcomes for all of our students through our unique Philosophy of Education – The ASD Model © which focuses equally on:

A – Academic progress

S – Specialist support

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