Physical and Mental Health Mentor

Teaching Vacancies; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free childcare for ages 3 and over, +/

Professional development

Friendly and welcoming staff

Supportive parents and Governors

After-school care available

Job summary

Billesley Primary School in Birmingham is seeking a dedicated practitioner to promote health and wellbeing and to support pupils’ social and emotional learning. You will work with the Leadership Team to implement the school vision and collaborate with staff to meet pupils’ needs.

You will help improve attendance, mentor students, and prioritise positive learning behaviours. A reflective, flexible approach and commitment to safeguarding are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience promoting health and wellbeing and positive learning behaviours.
• Ability to work with staff to support pupils' social and emotional health.
• Commitment to safeguarding and child protection policies.

Responsibilities

• Support the Leadership Team in implementing the school's vision.
• Improve attendance through engagement with families and pupils.
• Mentor pupils to secure best standards of social and emotional health.
• Prioritise physical and mental health and positive learning behaviours.
• Respond to pupils' needs with flexible and reflective practice.
• Support staff through effective communication and collaboration.
• Contribute to extracurricular learning opportunities and fundraising.

Skills

Excellent communication

Mentoring

Teamwork

Self-evaluation

Adaptability

Emotional resilience

Engagement with families

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Join our team

Are you an individual who understands the importance of health and wellbeing, and how these contribute to wider success? Can you promote physical and mental wellbeing and positive learning behaviours across the school; working in partnership with existing staff to meet the needs of our pupils.

Billesley Primary School is committed to school improvement within the Elliot Foundation Multi-Academy Trust. Therefore, there may be opportunities to work alongside other schools within the Trust and wider educational system, including training and sharing of best practices.

‘The school has high expectations for academic achievement, behaviour and pupils’ wider development. Pupils live up to these expectations, and most achieve well. They are terrific ambassadors for their school. They embody the school’s values of ‘inspire, create and achieve’. Ofsted 2025

You will

• Be passionate about supporting children across the school
• Passionate about evidence-based practice.
• Display warmth, care, and sensitivity in dealing with children.
• Open-minded, self-evaluative and adaptable to changing circumstances and new ideas.
• Be a reflective practitioner.
• Ability to work flexibly.
• Insight into what is important in our school.
• Brings personal interests and enthusiasm to the school community.

Main Purpose of Job

• Support the Leadership Team in implementing the vision of the school.
• Improve attendance through hands-on approaches, including engaging with families, pupils and the wider system
• To secure the very best standards of social and emotional mental health across the school through mentoring and in - class support
• Prioritise the importance of good physical and mental health and positive learning behaviours for pupils
• Be responsive to the needs of pupils

Main Responsibilities

Support for the Pupils and Staff

• Support an ethos in which all staff are motivated and supported to develop their own skills and subject knowledge through effective communication and collaboration
• Use evidence-informed practice to support and develop emotional resilience in and outside the classroom.
• Plan and support a range of extracurricular learning opportunities.
• Contribute towards key fundraising events.
• Contribute to identifying key areas of strength and improvement with detailed knowledge of the school's day-to-day policies and working practices.
• Ensure that any systems implemented are fair and transparent, and promote the well-being of children.

Knowledge and Understanding

• Understand the relationship between the curriculum, social and emotional learning and educational achievements
• Show an understanding of how teamwork contributes to school improvement.
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with colleagues
• Be committed to developing and maintaining positive relationships with all stakeholders: parents/ carers, teachers, the Pastoral Team and the Senior Leadership Team through regular communication
• Be committed to, and show evidence of, the promotion of equal opportunities and acceptance of responsibility for its practical applications

Skills

• Develop and maintain good relationships with all members of the school community.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Liaise with staff to identify learners who would benefit from mentoring.
• Discuss and help decide how identified needs will be addressed.
• Implement strategies and support learners in self-esteem and confidence-building activities
• Drive, energy and enthusiasm
• Ability to challenge and support colleagues
• Knowledge of teaching and the ability to design courses
• Willingness to be accountable for one's own and school decisions.

Support for the School

• To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding and child protection, health and safety, security and confidentiality, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
• To contribute to overall ethos/work/aims of the school
• To attend and participate in regular meetings, and in training and other activities as required
• To assist in the general care of the school environment
• To assist with children at the beginning and end of the day and in the playground as required
• To undertake broadly similar duties commensurate with the level of the post as required by the

Personal Qualities

• Passionate about evidence-based practice.
• Displays warmth, care, and sensitivity in dealing with children.
• Open-minded, self-evaluative and adaptable to changing circumstances and new ideas.
• Be a reflective practitioner.
• Ability to work flexibly.
• Insight into what is important in our school.
• Brings personal interests and enthusiasm to the school community.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• A high level of support and professional development
• Friendly and welcoming staff
• Supportive parents and Governors
• Free childcare for ages 3 and over, plus after-school care, is available upon discussion with the school.

Commitment to safeguarding

Billesley Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment. Appointment to this post will be subject to the following satisfactory pre-employment checks: Right to work in the UK Health Identity Relevant work qualifications Barred List Check Disclosure & Barring Service Check (for all staff and volunteers) References S128 Check (where relevant) Childcare Disqualification Declaration Check Mandatory Training Child Protection Level 1 Prevention of Radicalisation FGM Keeping Children Safe in Education E-Safety