Are you an experienced youth worker dedicated to making a positive impact on young people's lives? Do you have a passion for supporting students in overcoming behavioural challenges to achieve their full potential? If so, we want you to join our committed team!
Position: Behaviour Specialist
Location: Shrewsbury
Role Overview:
As a Behaviour Specialist, you will play a crucial role in promoting positive behaviour and providing targeted support to students who exhibit challenging behaviours. You will work closely with teachers, support staff, parents, and external agencies to create and implement effective behaviour management strategies that foster a safe and conducive learning environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assess and identify the behavioural needs of individual students.
- Develop and implement behaviour management plans and interventions.
- Provide one-on-one and group support to students with behavioural challenges.
- Work collaboratively with teachers and support staff to promote positive behaviour throughout the school.
- Deliver training and guidance to staff on behaviour management techniques and best practices.
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of behaviour strategies and interventions.
- Liaise with parents, carers, and external agencies to ensure a holistic approach to supporting students.
- Maintain accurate records and prepare reports on student progress and behavioural incidents.
Requirements:
- Relevant qualification in education, psychology, social work, or a related field.
- Experience working with children and young people with behavioural difficulties.
- Strong understanding of behaviour management strategies and interventions.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders.
- Patience, empathy, and a commitment to supporting the well-being and development of young people.
- Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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