Behaviour Support Worker - 37 in Pudsey

We’re looking for a Student Support Worker to join our team! The in school intervention provision offers a unique and fulfilling opportunity to assist students who require additional support and guidance to help them reintegrate into mainstream school settings. This role involves diverse and dynamic responsibilities, collaborating with both students and staff to cultivate a fully inclusive environment. The aim is to provide a tailored curriculum and wraparound support package that facilitates students' transition back into our mainstream setting.

Your role will involve closely collaborating with students, employing a range of skills and strategies to help them positively manage their behaviour, enabling them to effectively participate in classroom settings with the support of the ISAP Leader. At the top of your game, you’ll relate well to young people, collaborate effectively with other adults and work constructively as part of a team. You’ll need to be an enthusiastic team player with the ability to use initiative, work independently and stay organised. This post is for a full time, term time only + 5 days.

You’ll do all this whilst capturing the spirit of our vision and values and whilst role-modelling exceptional professional behaviours.

Why us? Co-op Academy Priesthorpe is situated in Pudsey and just 15 minutes from both Leeds and Bradford centre with places for 1250 students and 135 staff. The Academy has a very special ethos, which visitors continue to comment on. Equity and equality are key drivers for us in ensuring that all students have the opportunity to excel within a highly inclusive and supportive community. All colleagues, teachers and support, are responsible for a small coaching group of students which they meet with for 1.5 hours over a week. Full training is offered and you will be buddied up with a teaching member of staff. This adds a very rewarding element to this role.

All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours:

• Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.
• Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.
• Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all have equal chances to succeed.
• Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.
• Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.
• Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.

Our Values Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:

• Well-being weeks at the end of each term with well-being activities, all meetings cancelled as well as a dedicated well-being committee team.
• Supportive Academy Leadership Team with well-being high on the agenda.
• ‘Community’ sessions once a week with free staff breakfast and 25 minutes to connect and chat with colleagues.
• ‘CRAFT’ sessions every 2 weeks investing in personal development for all colleagues.
• Staff BBQ at the end of term.
• You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
• Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme).
• Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
• Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders).
• Co-op Funeralcare benefit.
• Season ticket and rental deposit loans.
• And More!

For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk

The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.

Co-op Academy Priesthorpe Nicola Webb prie-hr@coopacademies.co.uk

Co-op Academies Trust as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf. Co-op Academies Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all its employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced check by the DBS and satisfactory references. All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles.