Behaviour Mentor

6 months ago


Wakefield, United Kingdom Balance AP Full time

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.

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


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