We are seeking a post 16 intervention mentor to join the team
Are you a dedicated and committed individual who can put yourself in other people's shoes, are positive, flexible, resilient and can use your initiative?
If so, you could make a difference to the lives of these young people.
Your job is about building relationships and committing to helping students make progress, both academically and personally.
You will:
- undertake educational activities
- attend to the educational, personal and social needs of students
- support learning and development
- ensure student safety
- develop approaches to maintaining students who are in crisis.
Personal qualities such as integrity and being able to work effectively as part of a team are more important than experience in this field, which is why our staff join us from different roles and trades.
Main Responsibilities:
To plan and deliver targeted interventions, e.g. literacy, numeracy, social skills
To be actively involved in the support and monitoring of student progress by:
- Raising the level of academic achievement of targeted groups of students e.g. those in receipt of pupil premium
- Devise and implement strategies to raise the academic achievement of students
- Monitor the progress of pupils towards their academic targets and help students to achieve this
- To be actively involved in academic mentoring
- To support identified students with focused literacy, numeracy and social skills programmes
- Responsible for checking and monitoring of attendance to targeted interventions
- To monitor the attendance of pupil premium students
- Work with line manager and Lead Intervention Mentor to develop and promote strategies to raise self-esteem, and promote emotional regulation
- To maintain appropriate records to help monitor outcomes, upkeep of plans, review to do sheets and schemes of work
- To produce a half termly summary of pupil progress and complete case studies as required
- Undertaking CPD and further research as required to expand own knowledge and skills base
- To contribute to the extra-curricular programme offered by the Academy
- To apply the Academy's behaviour management policy and report any difficulties
These responsibilities might be carried out in some of the following ways:
- Liaising with teaching staff to support teaching and learning
- Working with parents
- Induction of new pupils
- Working with students on a 1:1, 2:1 or small group basis
- Working across a range of settings, on and off site
- To contribute to meetings through presentations and advice
Undertake any other similar duties as may from time to time be required by the Deputy Principal.
Apply today!