Behaviour Support Officer

**Summary**
We are looking for a Behaviour Support Officer to join us.

This is a new and exciting opportunity for a dynamic and highly motivated individual to join our pastoral team to further strengthen the support that we provide to all students. You will have a passion for making a difference in the lives of young people, will be sensitive and resilient and will be on the front line in supporting our young people to exceed their potential and become students with character, courage and conscience who are academically and personally successful.

**About Us**
Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich is an outstanding place-for students and staff alike. We pride ourselves on helping our students to be incredibly successful and we are as driven to support our staff, with an excellent CPD programme and development opportunities for all staff at the academy. We encourage our students and staff to live our core values of character, courage and conscience in our community and beyond. We have an excellent staff who are highly motivated, committed and happy.

**Why work at Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich?**

HGAED is a great place to work. At a time when there is so much attention, deservedly so, on teacher wellbeing and workloads, we are committed to ensuring our staff have work-life balance by reducing unnecessary admin work and meetings. We dedicate time and resources to staff wellbeing and development, ranging from NPQSL qualifications to meditation and teacher hacks such as whole class feedback to reduce workload. We are looking for staff who share our commitment to developing themselves personally as well as professionally, who are open to feedback and development and share our vision for our whole community. We believe very strongly that education can be transformative for all. We’d love you to be part of the transformation of our students’ lives.

The staff here at HGAED are supportive, ambitious for our students, and happy. Our Head of Art, Clare, writes ‘The students are astute, funny and thirsty for life. They are invigorating and I really love teaching them. They keep me on my toes. But what I most appreciate working here is that we work in a climate where all ideas are encouraged, no matter how impossible they may seem, and I have seen some fantastic dreams come into being, the art gallery, the debate cake sessions and the research centre all starting to gain momentum. Not many schools would take such risks and I truly value being listened to and challenged to go beyond what I think I can do. This school is not for the faint hearted but it's also the place to be if you are up for being innovative and thinking beyond the classroom walls.’

**Main Areas of Responsibility** Behaviour for Learning**
- To support the consistent implementation of the academy Behaviour for Learning Policy
- To be responsible for the calm and purposeful entrance and exit of students into/out of the academy
- To work with the other members of the behaviour team as a unit to ensure students are monitored and supervised before school, during break and throughout lunch
- To be responsible for calm and purposeful movement around the academy between lessons
- Managing and supervising, late detentions every afternoon
- Ensuring that students enter the building in full academy uniform and if not, following the agreed procedures
- Ensuring that follow up action is taken for students failing to meet academy standards
- To follow through any issues to do with behaviour as required by the academy Leadership Group, for example, taking student statements regarding incidents and passing these on to relevant colleagues
- To informally mentor students with repeat incidence of exit or exclusion and those on PSPs, supporting successful achievement of targets reports in relation to student progress on PSP. This may include supporting in lessons as appropriate
- To ensure that all issues that relate to student safety such as allegations of bullying are passed on to academy colleagues, in a timely manner, for further investigation as required
- To be responsible for supervising students internally excluded; or exited from lessons
- To liaise with teaching staff to ensure appropriate work is provided and appropriate provision is in place
- To be responsible for maintaining a calm and purposeful learning environment

**Supervision Room**:

- To be a role model for the students in the supervision room
- To provide the students with very clear expectations of conduct, in line with those for all academy students
- To ensure that follow up action is taken for students failing to meet academy code of conduct while internally excluded
- To follow through any issues to do with behaviour as required by the Academy Leadership Group, for example, taking student statements regarding incidents and passing these on to the relevant colleagues
- To ensure that all issues that relate to student safety & welfare as allegations of bullying are passed on to