Behaviour Support

Role: Behaviour Support
Location: Islington
Hours: Monday - Friday (8:30am - 4pm)
Salary: £650 a week
Start date: September 2025

Horizon Teachers are seeking a Behaviour Support assistant to support in the running of internal suspensions, supporting pupils to reintegrate effectively back into learning. You will also be required to deliver interventions and reflections with pupils and will work under the Lead Behaviour Manager to support all pupils to access their learning.

About you:

• You will have excellent interpersonal skills, always adopting a calm and professional approach.
• You will be able to successfully communicate with young people in a way that seeks to understand, identify barriers and adopt solutions that enable students to be successful at school

Key responsibilities:

• To develop strong relationships with pupils and their families and staff tat enable behaviour management protocols to be upheld to the highest standards.
• To be able to de-escalate situations with students and before escalating through the school behaviour policy
• To lead interventions and reflections, as agreed with your line manager
• Use of different strategies and approaches to behaviour management skills
• Provide a sensitivity approach in dealing with pastoral issues
• Demonstrate an empathetic approach with vulnerable students who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties

Why Horizon Teachers:

• A team of specialist education consultants and many with years of education experience
• We are currently having our busiest year & placing more staff than ever before
• We provide interview preparation and guidance throughout your job search
• We are like you! Here at Horizon Teachers, many of our consultants have experience in the education sector and have a strong passion for supporting schools, support staff and teachers

Horizon Teachers is a specialist Education Recruitment Consultancy that helps Teachers and Support Staff find long term, permanent and interim employment in Primary, Secondary and Special Schools throughout London, the South East, the Midlands and the North of England. As part of the registration process you will be required to have a DBS Check carried out and all original relevant qualifications will need to be sighted and copied before any work placement. For all teaching roles you will need to hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent.

Horizon Teachers, part of Operam Education Group.