Primary Behaviour Support Service Manager 

P05

Term Time Plus 2 Weeks 

Closing Date: 14^th October 2019

Greenwich Council’s Children and Young People’s Plan first priority is

“Strong Foundations for children from disadvantaged backgrounds”

The Inclusion, Learning and Achievement team are seeking an experienced practitioner to join our team. Our work supports vulnerable children with challenging behaviour and/or at risk of exclusion on transfer between schools due to emotional /behavioural need and significant barriers to achievement. Our work also offers support and guidance to schools to help them support their students effectively. You will be skilled at working with school leaders and young people of primary age. You will be passionate about challenging obstacles and transforming children’s lives and life chances by helping them succeed in school and you will be leading a talented team of behaviour support workers and pupil support  officers who are highly regarded by all of our schools.

The successful candidates will have:

• up to date experience of working with primary age  children with challenging behaviour in mainstream and alternative settings
• practised good understanding of how best to support learning and development
• worked both as part of a team and independently
• worked in a multi-agency context
• led and managed projects and teams.
• an understanding of fair access protocols

You must be prepared to travel between schools and be able to manage working in a variety of settings.

Greenwich Council is committed to the safe guarding and welfare of children.

An enhanced DBS is essential

To apply please visit Greenwich Council’s website www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk   go to the jobs opportunities page, download an application form and apply online.  Guidance on how to apply online is available on the website.

Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk. As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974)

All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated

A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.