Behaviour Manager (Teaching Assistant - Behaviour/Guidance/Support - Level 4)
Behaviour Manager - Teaching Assistant - Behaviour/Guidance/Support - Level 4
Location: Prestatyn High School
Salary: Grade 6, £29,578 - £30,577
Hours: 37 per week, Term Time Only + 5 Training Days
Contract: Permanent
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, talented, dynamic and forward thinking Behaviour Manager.
The successful candidate will demonstrate proven in depth knowledge of all the relevant aspects of the post, excellent interpersonal skills and contribute to the inclusive ethos at the heart of the school community.
Prestatyn is a very popular and successful school and prides itself on the support systems and provision that we are able to offer students with additional learning needs.
Job purpose
Under an agreed system of supervision: take a lead role within the school to address the needs of pupils who need particular help to overcome barriers to learning.
Principal accountabilities and responsibilities
Support for pupils
- Take a lead role in managing and delivering pastoral support to pupils
- Manage the supervision of pupils excluded from, or otherwise not working to, a normal timetable
- Attend to pupils' personal needs and provide advice to assist in their social, health and hygiene development
- Undertake comprehensive assessments of pupils to determine those in need of particular help
- Assist the teacher with the development and implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour/Support/Mentoring plans
- Take a lead role in the provision of support for pupils with special needs
- Establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model
- Arrange and develop 1:1 mentoring arrangements with pupils and provide support for distressed pupils
- Take a lead role in managing the speedy/effective transfer of pupils across phases/integration of those who have been absent
- Provide information and advice to enable pupils to make choices about their own learning/behaviour/attendance
- Challenge and motivate pupils, promote and reinforce self-esteem
- Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress, achievement, behaviour, attendance etc.
Support for the teacher
- Manage liaison with feeder schools and other relevant bodies to gather pupil information
- Support pupils' access to learning using appropriate strategies, resources etc.
- Work with other staff in planning, evaluating and adjusting learning activities as appropriate
- Monitor and evaluate pupils' responses and progress against action plans through observation and planned recording
- Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required to other staff on pupils' achievement, progress and other matters
- Manage record keeping systems and processes
- Take lead role in the development and implementation of appropriate behaviour management strategies
- Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers, exchanging information, facilitating their support for their child's attendance, access and learning and supporting home to school and community links
- Take lead role in the development, implementation and monitoring of systems relating to attendance and integration e.g. registration, truancy, pastoral systems etc.
- Administrative support e.g. dealing with correspondence, compilation/analysis/reporting on attendance, exclusions etc., making phone calls etc.
Support for the curriculum
- Implement agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses/needs
- Actively seek information regarding, and utilise, the range of activities, courses, organisations and individuals to provide support for pupils to broaden and enrich their learning
Appointment is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check and satisfactory references. Welsh language skills are desirable (level 1).
Closing date: 23/11/2026. Interview date: to be confirmed.