Sen Outreach Mentor

Progression 4work Limited are recruiting for an Outreach Mentor to join our team.

**Accountable to**:Progression 4Work Senior Leadership Team

**Job Purpose**:

- To ensure positive outcomes are achieved wherever possible across 3 elements these include Outreach, Work Experience and 1:1 mentoring support.
- To ensure good communication links with commissioning Schools, Local Authorities, students and parents.
- To transport students from home to their place of education and home again.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- To work co-operatively in collaboration with colleagues to ensure effective systems are in place to allow students to access appropriate work/curriculum.
- Organise and implement an individual daily programme of study by means of lesson planning (with the support of the Outreach Manager and under the direction of the SLT/Directors), which should also encourage and allow students to work independently and as a team.
- To have input into maintaining students’ IEPs and IBPs.
- Ensure that all the policies and procedures adopted by the company are followed, ensuring that the child’s safety and welfare is addressed through the curriculum against all forms of exploitation, this includes building student’s resilience to radicalisation by promoting fundamental British values, and enabling them to challenge extremist views.
- Set clear expectations and boundaries for students, including Lesson Objectives.
- Demonstrate a consistent approach to create and sustain a controlled, orderly environment.
- Promote positive behavioural change in students who experience social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties and facilitate their inclusion back into all lessons.
- Provide written reports to the Outreach manager and SLT as and when requested.
- To support coaching/teaching with small groups of students and 1:1.
- To support students with Post 16 pathways and choices.
- Assisting with break time supervision of students.
- Supporting colleagues on off-site visits.
- Attend 1:1 outreach session within a student’s home/other public place. (following all relevant risk assessments).
- Where required attend employers’ establishments with students on Work Experience Placements (following all relevant risk assessments).
- Attend any student review on-line / face to face meetings as required.
- To ensure that lesson plans follow the scheme of work, or commissioners wishes following their own schools planning.
- To ensure written evidence of student’s work is marked up-to-date and stored in students’ folders / work packs.
- To transport students as required (following Risk Assessments).

**Person Specification**:
**Qualifications**:

- 4 GCSE Grades A-C (or equivalent) inc. Maths and English
- TA Level 1 qualification (desired but not essential)
- A qualification in behaviour management (desired but not essential)

**Experience**:

- Significant and successful experience of working with vulnerable children including autistic and SEND in an education context (desired but not essential)
- Experience in planning /implementing programmes of study (desired but not essential)

**Skills/Awareness**:

- Awareness of current Child Protection and Safeguarding Legislation
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Good administrative skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work independently, using own initiative
- Ability to act promptly upon instruction
- Ability to communicate at all levels, both written and verbal (with senior managers, staff and outside agencies including schools)
- To demonstrate an understanding of the principles of inclusion and a commitment to inclusive education for all.

**Behaviour and other related characteristics**:

- To be passionate about student inclusion
- A willingness to share information and expertise
- A commitment to ongoing personal development
- A flexible approach to accommodate the changing needs of the company
- A commitment to abide by and promote the companies Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Child Protection Policies
- A professional responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people
- Be a role model in setting professional standards

**The post holder will hold a current Enhanced DBS Check**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £21,079.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Nottinghamshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: P4W Outreach Mentor