Behaviour Support Assistant Apprentice
North Lincolnshire Council
Scunthorpe (DN15 6AS)
Closes in 18 days (Monday 8 September 2025)
Posted on 20 August 2025
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Summary
An exciting opportunity for individuals looking to start their career in education and make an impact on the lives of children. Working within our Inclusion Team. You will contribute to maintaining a positive learning environment, managing challenging behaviours and implementing behaviour support processes.
- Wage
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£12,563.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, shifts TBC.
Term Time only
32 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Helps individual pupils or groups of pupils to access the support they need to raise achievement, increase progress, improve attendance, reduce challenging behaviour and access the curriculum.
- Helps promote pupil good behaviour and discipline through positive interactions with the pupils
- Participates fully in strategies agreed as part of any pupil’s individual behaviour plan, including physical interventions
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Supervises pupils at play/leisure breaks, at times of transition between lessons and activities, and on arrival at school and before departure.
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Supervises pupils in small group or one to one learning activities in school away from the main teaching area.
- Work in partnership and liaise with other professionals (such as the teaching staff, SENDCo, or external advisors) and parents/carers to support all learners.
Where you'll work
Normanby Road
Scunthorpe
DN15 6AS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
- Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
- Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
- Adapt resources to support all learners.
- Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
- Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
- Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
- Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
- Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
- Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
- Apply methods of formative assessment.
- Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
- Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
- Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
- Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
- Provide feedback to learners.
- Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
- Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
- Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
- Adapt resources to support all learners.
- Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
- Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
- Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
- Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
- Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
- Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
- Apply methods of formative assessment.
- Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
- Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
- Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
- Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
- Provide feedback to learners.
Training schedule
Training weekly day to be confirmed
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
North Lincolnshire Council have an aspiration to make North Lincolnshire the best place to live, work, visit and invest. We have built a strong working relationships in the pursuit of the realisation of this ambition and have delivered many successful employment and skills programmes over recent years, working hard to secure positive outcomes for our residents.
Company benefits
Staff Discounts Access to pensions Free Parking Eye test and glasses reimbursements
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Opportunity will lead to Behaviour Support Assistant post on successful completion of Apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
North Lincolnshire Council
Mrs Louise Smith
bm.crosbyprimary@northlincs.gov.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338040.
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Closes in 18 days (Monday 8 September 2025)
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