Behaviour Support Mentor

The Methodist Church in Britain; London Borough of Southwark; Presencial; GBP 24.000 - 30.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Bespoke induction

Ongoing professional development

Clear pathways for career progression

Campus facilities access (labs, gym,餐厅

Descripción de la vacante

The Milton Keynes Academy is seeking a Behaviour Support Mentor to join the behaviour support team. This permanent, term-time role focuses on helping students with complex behavioural needs overcome barriers to learning and promote positive behaviour, inclusion and wellbeing.

Experience with social, emotional and mental health needs is essential; you will work across the wider school Monday to Friday, fostering safeguarding and professional relationships with families and external agencies.

Formación

• Experience working with young people
• Experience supporting students with social, emotional and mental health needs
• Strong communication, interpersonal and listening skills
• Calm, patient and resilient approach in challenging situations
• Ability to build professional relationships with students, families, colleagues and external agencies
• Organised and adaptable, managing competing priorities
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, inclusion and student wellbeing
• Enhanced DBS and barred list checks required
• Prohibition from teaching search where appropriate

Responsabilidades

• Support students with complex behavioural needs through consistent, tailored support
• Help students overcome barriers to learning and achieve positive outcomes
• Promote positive behaviour, inclusion and student wellbeing
• Manage challenging situations calmly, patiently and professionally
• Build positive relationships with students, families, colleagues and external agencies
• Create opportunities for students to develop skills and confidence
• Work across the academy and the wider school as part of a collaborative team
• Uphold safeguarding responsibilities
• Help create a supportive environment where all students can thrive

Conocimientos

Experience with young people

Behavioural needs support

Communication skills

Calm, patient, resilient

Organised & adaptable

Safeguarding knowledge

Descripción del empleo

This Behaviour Support Mentor post sits in the behaviour support team at The Milton Keynes Academy, part of Creative Education Trust, and is permanent and term time only. The work centres on helping students with complex behavioural needs overcome barriers to learning, promoting positive behaviour, inclusion and wellbeing. The role suits someone with experience of students with social, emotional and mental health needs, working across the wider school on a Monday to Friday pattern. Enhanced DBS, a barred list check and references are required before any offer.

What the job involves

• Support students with complex behavioural needs through consistent, tailored support
• Help students overcome barriers to learning and achieve positive outcomes
• Promote positive behaviour, inclusion and student wellbeing
• Manage challenging situations calmly, patiently and professionally
• Build positive relationships with students, families, colleagues and external agencies
• Create opportunities for students to develop skills and confidence
• Work across the academy and the wider school as part of a collaborative team
• Uphold safeguarding responsibilities
• Help create a supportive environment where all students can thrive

What’s required

Experience

• Experience working with young people
• Experience supporting students with social, emotional and mental health needs

Skills & knowledge

• Strong communication, interpersonal and listening skills
• Calm, patient and resilient approach in challenging situations
• Ability to build professional relationships with students, families, colleagues and external agencies
• Organised and adaptable, managing competing priorities
• Able to work independently and contribute within a wider team
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, inclusion and student wellbeing

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Separate barred list check
• References
• Prohibition from teaching search where appropriate
• Online checks before interview

Other

• Share the academy's values
• Genuine belief that every young person can succeed with the right support

Nice to have

• Experience in an educational or pastoral support setting

What’s offered

• Bespoke induction
• Ongoing professional development
• Clear pathways for career progression
• Use of campus facilities, including science labs, a restaurant and a gym