Behaviour Support Advisory Team (BSAT)
Information for schools and settings
The Behaviour Support Advisory Team (BSAT) play an integral role in supporting schools and students throughout Telford and Wrekin, striving to improve pupil school engagement, enjoyment and outcomes. BSAT provide bespoke support for students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, those presenting with challenging behaviours or additional barriers to learning engagement.
BSAT offer support across all stages of school life, from the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), Primary and Secondary settings (age 3 - 16). BSAT Inclusion Mentors operate collaboratively with staff, parents and professionals to ensure all young people are supported with their holistic wellbeing, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Who are we?
BSAT Inclusion Mentors are experienced practitioners who work alongside schools to support behaviour for learning and improve engagement.
The team is made up of a Team Lead, BSAT Assistant Headteacher and five Inclusion Mentors. Every member of the team brings unique expertise and qualifications to the role, including QTS and degrees in relevant fields.
What do we do?
Core Offer
The Behaviour Support Advisory Team (BSAT) are predominantly a traded service. The team provide support and advice to schools enabling them to better manage challenging behaviour, promote inclusion and support SEMH needs. The principles of support are primarily focused on enabling staff and students to better understand and identify antecedents to behaviour, behaviour escalation cycles and appropriate support. BSAT are able to provide a catalogue de-escalation techniques and restorative approaches.
Working in line with T&W Belonging Strategy, BSAT support young people at risk of suspension or permanent exclusion. The Pre-suspension Hotline is a free service offered to all T&W schools to help drive down suspension numbers and further promote inclusion for all learners. This support is available by calling 01952 – 386380.
For students that are permanently excluded from school, BSAT provide an extensive reintegration package, free of charge.
Comprehensive Observations and Advice
BSAT conduct a range of observations and carry out 1:1 discussions with pupils to unpick and address challenging behaviours within schools. Observations support the identification of unmet needs and highlight patterns of behaviour. Observations focus specifically on highlighting behaviour antecedents to provide timely, bespoke intervention and avoid behaviours escalation and crisis incidents.
Training and Continued Professional Development
BSAT provide a wide range of training and professional development opportunities for all school staff. Courses are ran centrally or can be delivered in house to larger school teams. Bespoke training packages are available to ensure the needs of individual settings are targeted and addressed.
Establishing positive relationships with students is paramount to successfully achieving good behaviour outcomes; therefore, BSAT also provide CPD specifically tailored to suit differing roles across school.
CPD opportunities include:
- Behaviour as Communication
- CPI Safety Intervention Training
- Well-Being and De-Escalation Training
- Positive Behaviour Management in the Classroom
- The Role of the TA when Supporting Behaviour
- Effective Behaviour Management for Lunchtime Supervisors
Strategic Planning and Consultation
The BSAT team work collaboratively with senior leaders to implement strategic development plans aimed at improving whole school behaviour and student engagement.
Whole school Behaviour Audits can be conducted to further understand school culture, assess behaviour systems in place and identify contextual behaviour challenges unique to settings. The team provide advice surrounding policy and implementation, statutory guidance, relational practice, inclusivity and positive behaviour management systems.
Who can access support?
BSAT support is available to all T&W, academy and private schools. As a traded service, we offer both a Pay As You Go system, alternatively a Service Level Agreement can be arranged, with attractive discounts. Support is managed using a referral system and sessions are charged at an hourly rate. Following each session verbatim notes and guidance strategies are provided.
Why choose BSAT?
We provide:
- A range of experience: Knowledge and skills to initially assess children and young people and to provide evidence base intervention.
- In depth local knowledge: We know our schools well and the strengths of people in them. We have a long-standing commitment to improving the outcomes for all children and young people within Telford and Wrekin and neighbouring authorities. Building on our years of strong partnership working, we are able to establish, lead, support and manage effective local networks.
- A highly experienced valued team: Our cohesive team has been recruited for their proven abilities and professional expertise. We are consistently rated by our schools and external agencies as good and outstanding for our support and challenge, resulting in improved pupil outcomes and provision.
- Accountability at a local level: Working as employees of the Local Authority, we are held to account through rigorous monitoring and evaluation of the services we offer – by you, by the council and the DFE. This ensures the service you receive is of the highest quality.
- Value for money: In comparison with other providers, we believe that our support provides excellent value for money.
- A proven track record: Successfully operating as a traded service since 2011 we are already working flexibly to provide a range of high-quality bespoke schools improvement consultancy services and CPD courses to meet the needs of our schools.
- Training to schools: To build capacity, equipping staff with skills and confidence to support SEMH.
Contact us
For more information or to secure BSAT support, please contact [email protected]