Behaviour Support Assistant

About the role

Help students map their future! At Co-op Academy Walkden, we are looking to appoint a talented individual who can build on our current success and support an ambitious vision for the future as the Academy’s Behaviour Support Assistant. This role will provide behaviour support for the wider pastoral team by delivering a range of interventions, including one‑to‑one, small group, as well as leading the supervision of our Reset facility. This is a great opportunity to gain further experience or begin your first role in a pastoral team. To provide behaviour support for the wider pastoral team by running the supervision of our Reset facility in a team of two, as well as delivering a range of interventions to support pupils’ engagement with school. The work of this team is focused on the promotion of positive attitudes and behaviours, helping pupils become classroom ready, and reducing the frequency of pupils requiring withdrawal from lessons.

Responsibilities

• Provide behaviour support for the wider pastoral team
• Deliver one‑to‑one and small group interventions
• Lead supervision of the Reset facility (working in a team of two)
• Promote positive attitudes and behaviours among pupils
• Help pupils become classroom ready
• Reduce the frequency of pupils requiring withdrawal from lessons

Requirements

• Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check
• Demonstrate a commitment to cooperative values and principles
• Show a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults

Benefits

• Working with brilliant students who want to achieve well and aim high
• State‑of‑the‑art facilities
• National terms and conditions plus additional benefits from the Co‑op Academies Trust and The Co‑op
• High‑quality professional development programme
• Fantastic employee benefits package including discounts on Co‑op branded products, gym and leisure discounts, cycle‑to‑work scheme, healthcare cash‑back scheme, discounted driving lessons, and more
• Staff encouraged to be Co‑op members, receiving generous discounts on all Co‑op products
• Strong Well‑Being group supporting Investors In People Gold Status
• Secure on‑site parking
• Co‑op colleague discount card – 10% discount in Co‑op Food stores
• Co‑operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband, family care advice, cycle‑to‑work scheme)
• Discounted gym membership and leisure activities (discounts on Merlin Entertainments, Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak, etc.)
• Co‑operative Credit Union – save directly from salary, competitive dividend, favourable loan rates
• Co‑op Funeralcare benefit
• Season ticket and rental deposit loans

Pay

Salary: £24,817 – £27,368 per annum (2026/27 cost‑of‑living increase pending). Pay grade: NJC12 – NJC18.

Schedule

Hours per week: 36.00. Weeks per year: 45.300. Contract type: Permanent, full‑time, TTO Plus (term‑time only plus additional weeks).