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Mental Health Support Worker / Behavioural Support

Protocol Education Ltd

Great Dunmow

On-site

GBP 20,000 - 30,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Behaviour Support Assistant to inspire and support students with social, emotional, and mental health needs. This rewarding role involves working closely with pupils from challenging backgrounds, employing de-escalation strategies, and fostering strong relationships. The ideal candidate will be resilient, empathetic, and possess a background in special educational needs or related fields. With a focus on outdoor and creative activities, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant difference in students' lives. Join a dedicated team committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Benefits

Free online safeguarding training
Statutory holiday pay included
Potential for permanent position

Qualifications

  • Experience working with SEND/SEMH pupils is essential.
  • Background in outdoor/sports or creative arts is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Support students with SEMH and manage challenging behaviours.
  • Engage in outdoor and creative activities with students.

Skills

De-escalation strategies
Empathy
Building rapport
Managing challenging behaviours
Resilience

Education

Qualifications in special educational needs

Job description

Seeking a Behaviour Support Assistant to start ASAP!

- Do you believe you can make a difference?

- Are you passionate about working with SEND/SEMH pupils?

- Are you a strong role model?

A specialist provision in Dunmow is looking for candidates who want to inspire students with SEMH, many of whom have come from distressed and toxic backgrounds.

The right candidate will need to be confident with de-escalation strategies, robust, and know how to build strong rapport and manage challenging behaviours.

You must also be empathetic and have a good understanding or background in special educational needs or social emotional and mental health.

Resilience and hard work are a must. An outdoors/sports/activity coordinator background or creative arts/food tech background would also be great, as this role entails a lot of outdoor and creative activities.

You must be available to work between the hours of 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM, Monday - Friday. A competitive salary is offered.

If this sounds like the role for you, then please APPLY NOW!

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.

Full assistance will be provided. For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Protocol Education website.

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