Behaviour Lead

Hours of Work:39 hours per week
Salary:£28495.74 – Hourly rate – £15.35 based on 47.6 weeks
Base:Brian Jackson College, Vision House, Heckmondwike

Established in 1974, Fresh Futures is a regional charity that supports vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people, and their families, within Kirklees and surrounding areas.

Our vision is for all children, young people and their families to have opportunities for a better life, now and in the future.

We are committed to improving the lives of children and young people by providing opportunities that enable them to achieve a positive destination that is right for them. We empower families and influential adults to make positive choices, so children and young people live healthy and happy lives. By working within communities, we support children, young people, and their families and advocate for them.

We listen. We respect. We include. We empower. We care. Through the work we do, we aim to make a positive and lasting difference for the people we support.

An exciting opportunity has become available within Fresh Futures’ Brian Jackson College Team. We are seeking an enthusiastic Behaviour Lead to join our team.

The successful candidate will play a vital role in working within a team of dedicated Pastoral Leads to collaboratively promote positive behaviour amongst all pupils, helping pupils to overcome barriers to learning. to coach, lead, support and train staff to implement behaviour interventions. To plan, deliver and evaluate the impact of behaviour interventions and to work with external agencies as required in support of our organisation’s mission

This role is an important and collaborative middle management role that exists to navigate and ensure effective daily operations for pupils and staff throughout the college day.

As a provision that is high in SEN and SEMH it is essential that we work to a Pupil Centered and Nurturing Ethos, recognising behaviour as communication.

This role requires an insightful Behaviour Lead who can embed our approaches when managing challenging behaviour’s and making decisions.

This role is responsible for contributing to whole school effectiveness alongside leading and enabling a support staff team in managing behaviours effectively while upholding our values and committing to our processes.

• To support and assist pupils in managing their behaviour and in achieving their social and behavioural targets both in and out of the classroom.
• To complete regular action plans/contracts and progress reviews with the pupils.
• To have regular contact with parents/carers regarding individual behaviour.
• Work with the pastoral team and SLT to improve pupil behaviour.
• To lead a small team of learning, behaviour support workers (LBSW) and provide training to develop behaviour strategies
• To introduce regular reports to analyse behaviour and provide trends and patterns to the board of governors and SLT.
• Develop and promote initiatives to improve whole school behaviour.
• Coordinate Early help assessments and Team around the family meetings.
• Attend and participate in regular meetings and in training and other activities.
• To promote school initiatives to promoting community and belonging e.g. assemblies and pupil leadership.
• Be responsible for leading the pupil leadership team meetings and overseeing actions from meetings.
• Be responsible for completion of support plans to schools.
• To organise vocational timetables and activities for whole school.
• To lead a small team of learning, behaviour support workers (LBSW) and provide training to develop behaviour strategies.
• To provide pastoral support to pupils to ensure overall health and wellbeing e.g. providing emotional support, encouragement and building self-esteem.
• To support teachers with the behavioural management of groups and individuals within the whole class setting, so that teaching objectives are met, and best use is made of teaching time.
• Under direction of the pastoral lead to set clear targets for social and behavioural achievement of individuals and groups of pupils.
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