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Behaviour Mentor
Location: Willesden, North West London
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary: £90-£120 a day
Start Date: September 2026
Choice Teachers are working with a large secondary school in Willesden who are seeking an experienced, confident and resilient Behaviour Mentor to join their behaviour and pastoral team from September 2026.
This is a challenging behaviour-focused position supporting secondary-aged students who can display high levels of challenging and disruptive behaviour. The successful Behaviour Mentor must be confident managing difficult situations, de-escalating incidents, establishing clear boundaries and building positive relationships with students who may be disengaged from education.
This is not a general classroom support position. We are particularly interested in candidates with strong experience in Behaviour Support, Alternative Provision, PRUs, Pastoral Support, Youth Work or other environments involving challenging young people.
About the Behaviour Mentor Role
- Provide targeted behaviour support across the school
- Work directly with students displaying challenging and disruptive behaviour
- Respond calmly and confidently to behavioural incidents
- Use effective de-escalation and behaviour management strategies
- Establish clear, consistent and appropriate boundaries
- Support students who have become disengaged from lessons
- Help students regulate their behaviour and make positive choices
- Provide 1:1 and small-group behaviour interventions
- Support students returning to lessons following behavioural incidents
- Work closely with the school’s behaviour and pastoral teams
- Monitor behaviour, attendance and engagement
- Build strong relationships with students while maintaining professional boundaries
- Act as a positive role model for young people
The Ideal Candidate Will:
- Have previous experience supporting challenging behaviour
- Have worked as a Behaviour Mentor, Behaviour Support Assistant, Pastoral Support Officer, Learning Mentor, Youth Worker, PRU Support Worker or similar
- Be confident dealing with confrontation and challenging situations
- Have strong behaviour management and de-escalation skills
- Be able to remain calm and professional when students are dysregulated
- Have a strong presence and be confident enforcing boundaries
- Be resilient and not easily intimidated by challenging behaviour
- Be able to build rapport with students who may initially be reluctant to engage
- Have excellent communication and conflict-management skills
- Be reliable, consistent and professional
- Experience within a PRU or Alternative Provision would be particularly desirable
Why Work with Choice Teachers?
- Permanent opportunity from September 2026
- Work within an established secondary school behaviour team
- Excellent experience for candidates looking to develop within behaviour, pastoral or Alternative Provision
- Professional development and progression opportunities
- Dedicated support throughout the recruitment and interview process
Easily Commutable From:
Willesden, Wembley, Neasden, Harlesden, Kilburn, Cricklewood, Kensal Green, Queen’s Park and surrounding areas.
Looking for Flexible Work Instead?
Choice Teachers also have supply teaching and school support work available across London.
We regularly recruit Supply Teachers, Cover Supervisors, Behaviour Mentors, Pastoral Support Staff and Teaching Assistants for full-day, part-day, short-term and long-term assignments, including same-day bookings.
Whether you’re looking for a permanent position or flexible school work around your availability, we’d still like to hear from you.