Support & Achievment Mentor

Barking & Dagenham College; Havering-Atte-Bower; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in the UK seeks a full-time Pastoral Support role in Havering-Atte-Bower. The role involves delivering tutorial programmes, providing one-on-one support to students, and ensuring timely interventions for those at risk. Candidates should have experience in education and safeguarding, along with excellent communication and team skills. A Level 3 Teaching qualification is required, and the position offers a competitive salary between £27,963 and £29,477 pa including London Weighting.

Qualifications

• Experience in working within a safeguarding role.
• Experience in an education environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the college's tutorial programme to students.
• Support students 1:1 and in groups.
• Ensure timely interventions for at-risk students.
• Promote appropriate behaviours and attendance.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Team player

Ability to work independently

Education

Level 3 Teaching qualification

Tools

IT systems and tools

Job description

Overview

Reporting to the Support and Achievement Manager you will act as the first point of reference for students for pastoral support, working with internal and external support teams to support and put in place intervention and support initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the college's tutorial programme to groups of learners.
• Support a caseload of students 1:1 and group basis ensuring all learners including vulnerable learners are identified, monitored and reviewed regularly.
• Ensure timely interventions and pro‑active actions are taken for students at risk.
• Explore and agree actions to address issues affecting learning such as low motivation, poor attendance or poor performance.
• Promote, maintain appropriate behaviours and respond to behavioural issues, attendance and punctuality, and ensure appropriate support is in place to address issues.

Qualifications

• Be willing to work towards a Level 3 Teaching qualification.
• Hold relevant qualifications relating to the support of your people and/or the ability to explain how your professional experience demonstrates a capacity to excel in the role.
• Have experience in working in an education environment.
• Experience in working within a safeguarding role/prevent duty role and responding to safeguarding issues.
• You will have excellent communications (oral and written) and presentation skills including effective use of IT systems and tools.
• You will be a team player, enthusiastic, with the ability to work independently.

If you are passionate about success and can do the above, then we want to hear from you!

You will join us on a full-time, 36 hours per week, term‑time only basis (38 weeks per year), and in return, we will offer a competitive salary of £27,963 - £29,477 pa inc London Weighting.