Behaviour Support Assistant

Behaviour & Inclusion Support

South Bradford 
️ Start Date: June | ⏰ Full-time | Pay based on experience and qualifications

Some young people don’t need another detention.
They need someone who stays.

The calm one in the room.
The steady voice when things wobble.
The person who helps school feel safe again.

We’re looking for Behaviour & Inclusion Support staff to join a specialist setting in South Bradford, supporting young people in KS3 and KS4 who’ve faced barriers in mainstream education. Some have been excluded. Some have experienced trauma. Some just need a fresh start with adults who genuinely get it.

This role isn’t about being the loudest in the room. Quite the opposite. It’s about building trust, creating consistency, and showing up every day with patience, warmth, and clear boundaries.

What your days could look like

• Supporting students 1:1 or in small groups
• Helping young people settle into routines and feel safe in school again
• Using structure, humour, and relationship-building to support emotional regulation
• Working alongside teachers and pastoral teams to create a calm learning environment
• Being the person who notices when a student’s having a tough day, and knowing how to respond

Behaviour is communication.
And the right support can change everything.

You’ll probably thrive here if you…

• Stay calm when emotions run high
• Don’t take challenging behaviour personally
• Know that consistency matters more than perfection
• Can balance warmth with firm boundaries
• Want to make a genuine difference, not just “get through the day”

What you’ll need

• An enhanced DBS on the update service, or willingness to apply for one
• Two recent references
• A good understanding of safeguarding
• Experience supporting children or young people with additional needs, SEMH, or behavioural challenges is a big plus
• A steady presence and a sense of humour helps too ☕

Why Protocol Education?

Weekly PAYE pay, no umbrella companies or confusing deductions

FREE access to our CPD Academy, including Team Teach and Thrive training

A consultant who actually listens and understands specialist settings

Long-term roles where you become part of the school community, not just extra cover

Not Thrive trained yet? No worries, we’ll get you booked onto our FREE Thrive training to help build your confidence and toolkit even further.

This role won’t always be easy.
But it will matter.

You could be the reason a young person starts believing school can work for them again.

Apply now or send us a message for a friendly chat about the role.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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