Behaviour Mentor/youth Worker

**Location**: Earley, Reading

**Salary**: £85 - £100 per day

**Contract**:Full-time, Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 16:00
- **Are you passionate about being a positive role-model for children with challenging behaviour?**_

If so, The Supply Room would like to hear from YOU

**The Supply Room** is working with a recently expanded alternative provision school for children age 5 - 19 who cannot attend a mainstream school for a variety of reasons, predominantly permanent exclusion.

The school is now looking for a new behaviour mentor to join their school on a full-time, long-term to help manage the increased cohort of students this academic year.

**Duties for this role may include**:

- Encouraging assigned pupils with Behaviour, Emotional and Social needs to participate and actively engage in activities led by teachers
- Delivering and monitoring short term interventions on behalf of disengaged and disaffected learners
- Supporting pupils with the process of improving their behaviour and where necessary reintegration
- Implementing, as required, social skills programmes, anger management programmes, individual behaviour programmes on a one to one basis or small group basis as directed by the Class Teacher
- Guiding and supporting assigned pupils in achieving their personalised behavioural and learning targets

**Skills/Experience required**:

- A confident personality and excellent behaviour management skills
- The ability to build trust with students
- Previous experience working with secondary aged children with challenging behaviour e.g as a youth worker/sports coach/teaching assistant
- A caring personality and genuine passion for making a difference

Let’s Find Your Classroom®
- The Supply Room is an equal opportunities employer that is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ which includes obtaining 2 references and as this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, a satisfactory enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (full guidance provided)._

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**Salary**: £85.00-£100.00 per day

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

**Experience**:

- challenging behaviour: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: TALON