Personal Development Coach

OMG Education is an Independent School for 11–18-year-olds. It provides a nurturing, creative, and trauma‑informed environment for young people disengaged from mainstream education. Our vision is to unlock potential through tailored education, mentoring, and life‑changing opportunities in music, media, business, and personal development.

About the Role: To provide targeted mentoring and hands‑on personal development support to students with complex SEND. This role focuses on helping pupils build emotional resilience, improve self‑regulation, and overcome behavioural barriers so they can fully engage in school life.

Key Responsibilities

• Emotional Regulation and Mentoring Interventions: Work directly with students on a 1:1 or small group basis to model, co‑regulate and teach personalised emotional regulation techniques. Plan and run structured social‑emotional interventions tailored to student needs, such as anger awareness sessions, self‑esteem workshops or social stories. Lead targeted mentoring check‑ins to build trust and supportive relationships with students.
• Delivering Behaviour Support in Practice: Put individual Behaviour Support Plans into daily practice, across the school, ensuring the consistent maintenance of boundaries, routines and positive reward systems. Support students inside the classroom environment to help them maintain focus, de‑escalate anxiety and actively prevent known behavioural triggers. Lead post‑incident reflections with students once they are calm, helping them process their emotions, understand their triggers and work to repair relationships.
• Crisis Management and De‑escalation: Respond immediately to live behavioural incidents across the site, utilising physical intervention techniques when essential and verbal de‑escalation techniques. Manage, oversee or support the use of low‑arousal safe spaces or sensory rooms, providing a secure environment where students can safely go to decompress.
• Data Tracking and Reporting: Record comprehensive behavioural data, identifying environmental triggers and logging successful regulation strategies accurately on the tracking system. Report directly to the Engagement and Personal Development Lead regarding student progress, intervention outcomes and pastoral trends.

Person Specification Criteria

• Qualification and Training: Relevant professional qualification or training in youth work, counselling, sports coaching, social care, or education support. Up‑to‑date certification in an accredited de‑escalation/physical intervention. Certification in ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) or a related counselling/mentoring framework.
• Experience: Proven experience working with young people with complex needs in an education, care, or community setting. Experience delivering structured 1:1 or small group mentoring/social‑emotional interventions. Experience implementing individual behaviour plans and applying de‑escalation techniques in high‑stress situations. Experience working inside specialised low‑arousal environments or sensory rooms. Experience using restorative justice or post‑incident reflection techniques with neurodivergent students.
• Knowledge and Understanding: Strong understanding of the “behaviour as communication” model and trauma‑informed care. Knowledge of emotional co‑regulation techniques and sensory processing differences in SEND learners. Clear understanding of boundaries, safeguarding, and professional codes of conduct when mentoring vulnerable pupils. Familiarity with specialised social‑emotional packages (e.g., Zones of Regulation, Social Stories).
• Skills and Abilities: Exceptional emotional self‑regulation; ability to remain calm and objective during active crises. Strong verbal and non‑verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication style to a student’s cognitive capacity. Ability to accurately capture qualitative behavioural data and write objective incident logs. Proficiency in using school behaviour tracking systems.
• Personal Attributes: Deeply empathetic, patient, and non‑judgmental. Highly resilient, with the stamina required to handle frequent challenging behaviours. A team player who can collaborate with classroom teachers and families.

What we Offer

• Career Development: Gain invaluable hands‑on experience for careers in education, therapy, youth work, or social services.
• Training Opportunities: Benefit from ongoing CPD to enhance your skills.
• Inclusion & Impact: Make a real difference in the lives of young people who need your support the most.

OMG Education Independent School is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.