Behaviour Mentor

**Behaviour Lead Mentor**

Role location: Stockport

Starting date: ASAP

**Salary**: £1,350-£1,600 per month

Monday-Friday 8:30am-3:30pm

30 hours per week/39 weeks per year

We are looking for a lead behaviour mentor to join one of our strong and supportive primary and secondary schools within Stockport.

This role demands motivation, passion, patience, and the ability to emotionally support children from various backgrounds and situations.

The ability to communicate effectively with students, staff & parents is imperative in ensuring that effective pastoral support is provided for all our pupils.

The provision is on their journey to becoming an outstanding school, they are extremely ambitious and looking forward to an exciting future. The school believe that every student can and should achieve their full potential and they are committed to ensuring students develop a love of learning, a passion for enquiry and a dedication to being the best that they can be.

The school aim to ensure that every student is inspired and supported to achieve his/her personal best and learning comes first. Their motto is “Together We Can” and if you are interested in joining, we would be very pleased to meet you.

**Main Areas of Responsibility**

**The purpose of your role will be**:

- To lead on the Internal Exclusion/Repair and Restore room
- To be responsible for supervising students internally excluded
- To liaise with the AP for behaviour in relation to students attending the Internal Exclusion Unit and their re-integration back into mainstream lessons
- To liaise with teaching staff to ensure appropriate work is set and appropriate provision is in place
- To be responsible for maintaining a calm and purposeful learning environment whilst in Repair and Restore or Internal Exclusion
- To ensure a calm, quiet and purposeful atmosphere is in the Internal Exclusion/Repair and Restore Room
- To reduce potential permanent exclusion by offering an alternative curriculum which includes rigorous behaviour for learning intervention.
- To develop links with external agencies to set up a wide range of different behaviour intervention programmes.
- To develop strategies which aim to develop students' mental wellbeing
- To mentor pupils where relevant with behaviour concerns, especially in regard to those on Behaviour Boundary 5 or Behaviour Boundary 6
- To support the consistent implementation of the academy Behaviour for Learning policy.
- To be responsible for the calm and purposeful entrance and exit of students into/out of the academy, this to include organising line-ups where appropriate, ensuring that students enter the building in full academy uniform and if not, following the agreed procedures
- To work with the other members of the behaviour team as a unit to achieve the Academy’s vision for outstanding behaviour.
- To follow through any issues to do with behaviour as required by the academy Leadership Team, for example, taking student statements regarding incidents and passing these on to relevant colleagues.
- To ensure that all issues that relate to student safety such as allegations of bullying are passed on to academy colleagues, in a timely manner, for further investigation as required

**Qualifications & Experience**
- GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above, or equivalent
- Knowledge of the academy behaviour for learning policy
- Knowledge of the range of barriers to learning that students face
- Basic knowledge of first aid; e.g. emergency first aid course
- Experience of dealing successfully with a range of behaviour issues
- Experience of working with staff to ensure excellent behaviour for learning
- Experience of supervising a group of students for detentions, referral, and internal exclusion as appropriate
- Experience of working with challenging students and finding ways to meet their needs more successfully

If you would like anymore information, please feel free to get in touch.

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

**Salary**: £80.00-£90.00 per day

**Benefits**:

- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: Behaviour Mentor