Are you passionate about making a difference to young people who need additional support to thrive?
Vision for Education are seeking dedicated, resilient and compassionate PRU Behaviour Support Assistants to join a team within a dynamic Secondary age Pupil Referral Unit. This is a rewarding opportunity to support pupils who may have experienced exclusion, trauma or social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs, helping them re-engage with learning and build brighter futures.
This role involves working closely with students aged 11-16 (KS3-KS4), helping them re-engage with learning and develop socially, emotionally, and academically.
As a Behaviour Support Assistant, you will play a key role in building trusted relationships, promoting positive well-being, and supporting pupils to overcome barriers to learning and personal development.
Contract: Ongoing / Temp-to-perm opportunities available
Hours: 8.45am-3.30pm Monday-Friday
About the role:
- As a Behaviour Support Assistant, you will play a crucial role in providing personalised assistance to secondary students aged 11-16 with behavioural difficulties.
- Working 2:1 or with small groups to manage behaviour.
- Implement behaviour support plans or Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
- De-escalate challenging situations using positive behaviour strategies.
- Help create a safe, structured, and supportive environment.
- Support students' learning alongside their behaviour needs.
- Help maintain a calm and productive classroom atmosphere.
About the school:
- A Secondary Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) offering a supportive and flexible educational environment for students who face challenges that make mainstream schooling difficult. Working in close partnership with schools, families, and students, the school provides a range of personalised options designed to promote rapid progress, re-engagement, and sustainable, long-term change.
- The provision supports students with a variety of complex needs, including behavioural challenges, mental health difficulties, and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their goal is to provide a nurturing, individualised learning experience that helps each young person overcome their barriers and re-engage positively with their education.
- With smaller class sizes, a highly skilled staff team, and tailored interventions, they offer a safe and structured setting where students can rebuild confidence, develop essential academic and social skills, and, where appropriate, prepare for reintegration into mainstream education or a successful transition to the next stage of learning or training.
- The school's ethos is rooted in understanding each young person's unique circumstances, fostering self-belief, and supporting meaningful, lasting change through personalised care and relationship-led practice.
About you:
We welcome applications from people with a background in:- PRUs, SEMH settings or alternative provisions, Youth work, mentoring or behaviour support, Psychology, criminology, social care or safeguarding-based roles
You will be:-
- Calm, resilient and confident in challenging situations
- Empathetic, patient and able to build strong relationships
- Adaptable and solution-focused
- A team player with excellent communication skills
- Passionate about giving young people a second chance
- Willing to undertake training (including safeguarding and de-escalation)
- Able to obtain suitable references and a valid DBS check.
Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications
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