Behaviour Support Worker 

£82 - £115 Per Day

Wakefield

Full Time Monday - Friday

Immediate Start

The Role

A new full time 1:1 Behaviour Support Worker role to start as soon as possible, with potential to become permanent if the right candidate.  Salary is dependent on experience, training and qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are: previous experience or training within a related role where you will have achieved quality outcomes and acquired skills and experience required for this post, evidenced by strong references.

Working with vulnerable and high risk young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health and / or Complex Needs is specialist work requiring a specific skillset.  We require experience, patience, resilience, and understanding. Work is challenging but rewarding, with opportunity to a have real and measurable impact, removing barriers to education for young people and supporting them within the educational setting – educationally and pastorally.

This 1:1 Behaviour Support Worker role will be suited to a candidate who is an exemplary role model, with a calm demeanour, positive mindset and high aspirations for young people they work with.  They will need to be organised, capable of taking initiative, adhering to policy and delivering some learning independently 1:1 or to small groups of young people.  

There is potential for this role become contracted or even permanent if proven successful.  There is an excellent track record of this. Working days and hours are Monday - Friday, 8.30am-3.30pm with the occasional need to attend staff meetings and training.

The School

This employer offers excellent opportunity for training and development. Positions here are sought after with many success stories around career progression within the organisation.

Requirements

• The successful candidate for this 1:1 Behaviour Support Worker role will typically have a background within Education, Residential work, Counselling, Psychology, Youth Work or Care and be able to provide strong examples of where they provided successful support to young or vulnerable people with a number of strategies at their fingertips.
• Excellent communication skills are required for purposeful liaison with SLT, teachers, parents, carers, schools and outside agencies
• GCSE Grade 4 (or C) in English and Maths or equivalent
• Team Teach or de-escalation training is highly advantageous.
• A driving licence is advantageous for this role. Non drivers may be unable to deliver some aspects of the role
• We are also keen to hear about any extra-curricular skills you may be able to offer

Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

About Vision for Education

Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.  If this position may not be the one for you, we many have another post that more closely matches your skills and requirements.

What Vision for Education Offer

As a valued employee of Vision for Education, you will receive:

· Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.

· Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).

· Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).

· Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), ensure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.

· FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.

· Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.

· Access to a dedicated team of consultants, who will provide ongoing support.

How to Apply

Apply today via this website, or for more information about this role and other opportunities across Vision for Education, both full and part time, temporary and permanent, please contact our Huddersfield SEND team.

The Edwin Group is a Top 10 UK-employer in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group.

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