
Behaviour Support Worker
- Leeds
- £600 per week
- Temporary
- Full-time
📅 Start Date: September (ASAP start available)
📄 Contract Type: Full-time, Temporary Contract (with potential for permanent position)Ready to make a real difference in a young person’s school day? We’re working with a vibrant secondary school in South Leeds to find a Behaviour Support Worker who brings calm, care, and a knack for connection.What You’ll Be Doing:
- Supporting students to re-engage with lessons and settle into mainstream classes
- Working with teachers and SLT to run small-group and 1:1 interventions
- Helping students with SEMH (Social, Emotional, Mental Health) needs
- Using behaviour de-escalation and restorative approaches to keep classrooms calm
- Building trusted relationships with students, staff, and families
- Being a go-to person for pastoral support and everyday encouragement
- Experience working with young people (ideally within the education sector is ideal, however, other childcare experience is also appropriate)
- Confidence managing behaviour with empathy and fairness
- A solid understanding of SEMH needs—and how to support them
- Bonus if you’ve worked with students with SEND (ASD, ADHD etc.), but not a dealbreaker
- A warm, patient approach and a genuine desire to help students succeed
- Monday to Friday, term-time only
- Hours: 8:30am – 3:30pm (Mon–Thurs), 8:30am – 3:15pm (Fridays)
- Long-term temporary role with potential to become permanent
- Up to 13 weeks of holiday per year.
- Based in a well-supported, forward-thinking secondary school.
- Competitive rate of pay – specific salary dependent on qualifications and experience.
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