Emotional Resilience Officer – Behaviour Support – 37 hpw
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Fixed Term
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
21/11/2022
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 08/12/2022 17:00
Employment Location:
Emotional Resilience Team – Educational Psychology Service, South Tyneside
Further Information
Emotional Resilience Officer – Behaviour Support – 37 hpw
(Emotional Resilience Team – Educational Psychology Service, South Tyneside)
£29,439 pa
Fixed Term contract for 18 months
The Emotional Resilience Team is part of South Tyneside Educational Psychology Service, which is a friendly, highly supportive and nurturing team of educational psychologists, specialist teachers and emotional resilience officers. The Service is very well regarded by its users, as is evident from the consistently excellent feedback it receives. It maintains highly positive working relationships with schools, other professionals and the Local Authority. There are opportunities to engage in a wide variety of work, including behaviour support, emotional resilience interventions, and supporting the transition of children moving from primary to secondary education.
This post is in partnership with the Violence Reduction Unit, which is part of the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office. Positive, pro-social behaviours in schools are essential. Creating a supportive and caring culture and safe learning environment ensures that all students can flourish and benefit from the opportunities provided by education. It is essential that schools have a range of tools to establish high standards of behaviour and maintain the safety of school communities.
You will have a designated caseload of students based in schools across South Tyneside and the opportunity to get involved in a range of different work to help to support children and young people who may be presenting with challenging behaviours. with ensuring a smooth transition from primary to secondary education, whilst also supporting children and young people in schools to improve social, emotional and behavioural development and to remove barriers to learning.
You will also provide additionality to the existing support mechanisms to improve attendance, behaviours and self-esteem.
We are seeking an emotional resilience officer who is willing to be part of a multidisciplinary team and who has experience in working with children and young people presenting with challenging behaviours in both mainstream and specialist settings. To help you achieve this we are committed to offering opportunities for continuing professional development in areas linked to emotional health and wellbeing.
We offer:
• The opportunity to work in a hybrid environment.
• A team that is very highly rated by schools and that provides a vital service to children and young people.
• We offer opportunities for you to provide supervision, regular individual supervision and peer support, tailored to the needs of the individual.
• Effective and well-established multi-agency working.
• Excellent administrative support.
We offer an excellent benefits package and further information is available here - www.southtyneside.gov.uk/workinghere
South Tyneside Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant pre-employment checks.
Closing date: 5.00pm, 8 December 2022.
Interviews to take place week commencing 19 December 2022 or week commencing 9 January 2023.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.