Behaviour Support Key Worker

About the role

Job Details: Full time role (35 hours a week, term time only) - Fixed Term Contract to start in January 2025 until July 2025 (However, this will be reviewed with a view to being extended into 2025/26 academic year)

Salary Scale:  H3-H4 (depending on experience)    

We are a forward-thinking school who are looking to recruit a new member for our valued behaviour support team. The vacancy is for a Behaviour Support Key Worker to work alongside children with social, emotional and communication difficulties and/or special needs within the classroom and on the playground.

The position is full time school hours (35 hours) this includes providing lunch cover. 

The contract is for the remainder of this academic year initially, with a view to potentially extending further into the 2025-26 academic year. This role would suit someone who is looking to gain experience in schools before a career in teaching or who feels that they have an allied skill set and want to see if behaviour support work with children is something they wish to specialise in.

The nature of the work involves supporting the school’s behaviour management policy and school plan for specific children within a year group, alongside teaching and support staff.  We follow Herts Therapeutic Thinking approach and base our policies and ethos around this. Knowledge of and up-to-date training in Therapeutic Thinking would be highly desirable. We aim to support new staff with an induction package and training, some of which will be in-house.

There is an expectation that the post holders would involve themselves in the life of the school and be willing to regularly communicate with parents, carers and support other school activities.  In return, we at Pixmore can offer a friendly, dedicated and hard working team committed to staff development, good quality resources and a supportive governing and parent body.

If you are interested in the above position, you need to complete an HCC Support Staff application form, personal specification and submit a letter of application demonstrating your strengths and the qualities you would bring to the role.

For more information about the school, please visit our website: www.pixmore.herts.sch.uk or alternatively, please feel free to call to discuss the vacancy.

The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people.  All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Criminal Records Bureau disclosure and online checks.

We withhold the right to close the advert earlier than the deadline date for the right candidate.

We aim to interview in the week commencing 2nd December 2024.