Job Title: Learning Mentor
Location: Plumstead, South East
Salary: Scale 6 – £24,703 per annum (Actual Gross Salary)
Job Type: 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year – Full time
The closing date for this post is Thursday 23rd June at noon
Plumstead Manor is a thriving and popular secondary school located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. There has been a school on our site since 1913, with the first 105 years as a girls’ school. In response to local demand we admitted our first mixed cohort in 2018 and will be fully co-educational by September 2022.
Ours is vibrant, diverse and inclusive school with over 60 languages spoken across our community. We have a clear vision founded on excellence and justice, with the ambition to offer a world class education to the young people and families of Greenwich. Our recipe to achieve that is based on high quality teaching and academic rigour, in a safe and happy environment. Above all, we want our young people to leave school equipped with the powerful knowledge and necessary skills to change the world for the better. In order to foster successful young people and cultivate harmonious communities, we aim to offer young people excellence in all that we do, so that they can overcome any barrier in their lives and secure greater justice.
About the role:
We are seeking a Learning Mentor to provide complementary academic support and pastoral guidance to students. You will work with Heads of Year, Curriculum and Deputy Curriculum Leaders to narrow the gaps in achievement for key cohorts of students by devising, implementing and evaluating specialised programmes of work to encourage and promote students social emotional and behavioural development.
Keeping records of student’s development and progress, including monitoring students’ behaviour before, during and after intervention to measure the impact of the intervention strategy on progress will be important.
You will train and support other school staff by modelling approaches with a view to staff feeling confident and able to use the approaches following the withdrawal of Behaviour support learning mentoring.
About you:
The successful candidate will need to have:
- Level 3 Qualifications (A level or Level 3 Vocational qualifications) and at least a Level 2 qualification in English and Maths.
- A qualification at degree level would be an advantage.
- A qualification in mentoring or coaching together with experience of working with young people in Key stage 3, 4, or 5 would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of good practice in inclusion, differentiation, engagement and the pathways available to meet the needs of different learners, including the more able and students at risk of not being in education, employment or training.
- You should also have competent ICT skills.
We can offer you the opportunity to join a supportive and friendly team and good professional development.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.
References will automatically be requested for all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. The successful applicant will be required to be DBS checked prior to taking up post.
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Candidates with previous job titles and experience of; Tutor, Sessional Tutor, Learning and Retention Support, Mentor, Learning and Retention Assessor, Student Support Mentor, Learning Assistant, Learning Tutor, Learning Adviser, Educator, Learning Coach, Training Support Officer may also be considered for this role.
