Senior Behaviour Support Manager
Hednesford Valley High School, Hednesford, Staffordshire, WS12 4JS16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
3 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
17 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: The hours of work: 37 hours Mon-Thurs: 8.30-4.30 pm & Fri: 8.30-3.30pm Term Time Only.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,073-£29,264
Pay scale
- Grade 7
What skills and experience we're looking for
Hednesford Valley High School is looking to appoint a Senior Behaviour Support to join our motivated pastoral team at Hednesford Valley High School. This role involves working with students, staff, families and professionals to support good behaviour in the school
This post will require excellent communication skills to work with a wide range of SEN students. You need to be able to use ICT skills to monitor and log information and produce analysis reports to present to the Senior Leadership Team. To work with a range of staff to develop strategies to support students to change their behaviour. We require a positive person to work with students in school, leading the Student Voice in the Leadership Team, and working with Prefects.
We require a flexible and creative individual who:-
- Has very good numeracy/literacy skills equivalent to GCSE C and above.
- Has NVQ Level 3 or recognized equivalent qualification.
- Has excellent communication skills with students, parents/carers and professions.
- Good ICT skills.
- Has a passionate commitment to raising the attainment of all students in a special school.
- A team player who is able to work collaboratively with others.
- This role may require you to work across the school/sites with other student groups if required.
What the school offers its staff
Hednesford Valley High School recognises its employees as the most important asset and critical to its success. To demonstrate this all staff are offered the following benefits:
- Excellent working environment.
- A supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all colleagues
- Termly “Deep Work” days to support your role.
- Continued professional development opportunities.
- Pay progression and recognition of continuous service.
- Generous local government pension scheme.
Access to comprehensive and flexible Employee Assistant Programmes which include:
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Online gym classes
- Health and wellbeing support and advice e.g., Men’s Health, Wellbeing Action Plans, Better Sleep, Relaxation and Meditation, Understanding Menopause.
- Financial advice services
- Think Well, fast track counselling service.
- Physiotherapy
- Eye-sight testing
- Retail discounts in supermarkets, high street shops, restaurants and days out.
- Free car parking
- Free staff tea and coffee
- Flexible working opportunities are available.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. The selected candidate will also have social media checks. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hednesford Valley High School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 191 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hednesford Valley High School website
- Email address
- l.bent@hvh.staffs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01543 423714
Hednesford Valley High School is a generic Special School set in Cannock Chase, an Area of Outstanding National Beauty. We educate students on two sites, with years 7-11 at our main site and our Sixth Form is set in a dedicated building at Cannock Chase High School. We have amazing students with a range of learning needs, who are supported by dedicated staff with a passion for transforming the lives of our students. If you join our team, you will be part of a school where students love to learn, and staff love to teach. We truly are a family. This is not just a statement; our data supports this. Our attendance and positive behaviour are above national data and we have just received amazing feedback from our recent parent/carer questionnaire.
Arranging a visit to Hednesford Valley High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email l.bent@hvh.staffs.sch.uk.
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