Behaviour Mentor (Alternative Provision)

Location

Wakefield, West Yorkshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Education Stage: Key Stage 3 and 4

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time (40 hours per week, term time only)

Pay Scale: Support Staff Pay SCP 2

Closing Date: 13th March at 5pm

Reports to: Head of Provision

Start date: TBD

What skills and experience we are looking for:

At Balance AP, we are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Behaviour Mentor to join our team. As a Behaviour Mentor, you will play a key role in providing support and guidance to students in Key Stage 3 and 4 who may have social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs. To excel in this role, we are looking for someone who possesses the following skills and experience:

• Passionate: A genuine passion for working with children, especially those with SEMH needs.
• Enjoy working with children: Demonstrated ability to engage positively with young people and create a supportive learning environment.
• Understanding and empathetic: Able to understand and empathise with the challenges students with SEMH needs may face.
• Strong with behaviour: Solid understanding of behaviour management strategies and the ability to implement them effectively.
• Leader: Confident in taking a leadership role when required and providing guidance to students.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver specific targeted interventions to promote social, emotional and mental wellbeing.
• To ensure that all mentoring programmes provide a range of strategies that will motivate, challenge and empower further learning and ensure students make positive changes.
• Support learning and personal development through 1-1 mentoring, group sessions and specialise enrichment programmes.
• Provide ongoing support for students inside and outside of the classroom.
• Develop and implement individual plans that challenge inappropriate behaviour, build
• positive self-image, enhance educational achievement and reduce the likelihood of
• exclusion.
• Communicate with an extended range of networks and partnerships include other schools and
• parents to broker support and learning opportunities and improve the quality of
• provisions for students.
• Use behaviour management strategies effectively and in line with the provision’s policy
• and procedures, and fully contribute to a professional and purposeful learning environment.
• To drive to collect and drop off students in the School Minibus daily. A full, clean driver’s licence is a requirement.

What the school offers its staff:

At Balance AP, we are committed to providing an exciting and rewarding working environment for our staff. We offer:

• Exciting opportunity to join a growing Provision: Joining Balance AP means being part of an innovative and expanding Alternative Provision school.
• Continued Professional Development (CPD): We actively support the professional growth of our staff, providing opportunities for training and development to enhance their skills and knowledge.
• Supportive team: You will be part of a dedicated and collaborative team, working together to make a positive impact on the lives of our students.

If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people with SEMH needs and are seeking a challenging yet rewarding position, please submit your application by 26th February at 5pm.

Balance AP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

**Please complete both our Application Form and our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

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