Behaviour for Learning Mentor
Landau Forte College, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 2LFThis job expired on 31 January 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
31 January 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 January 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Dependent upon experience, plus daily meal allowance
Behaviour for Learning Mentor job summary
*Our opportunity for you
We are looking for a versatile and outgoing individual to join the College as Behaviour for Learning Mentor. The type of person we are looking for is likely to possess infectious enthusiasm, a reliable and highly organised individual, who can multi-task, with a professional and friendly disposition. He or she will be resilient, driven, determined, and ambitious.
This is an excellent opportunity to work in a leading educational organisation at the cutting edge of educational development.
*Key information
• Contract: Full-time position, term time only.
• Start date: ASAP
• Salary: Dependent upon experience, plus daily meal allowance
• Closing Date: 31 January 2022
*What we can offer you
• A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment
• The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students
• Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust
• A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS)
• Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health
• Complimentary gym membership
*Person specification
The person we are looking for should:
• Be a creative, hardworking, lateral thinker.
• Have excellent personal organisational skills.
• Be a very good team worker with the capacity to build relationships at all levels across the organisation.
• Be committed to the broader education of young people.
• Possess ICT skills to a high level
• Possess relevant qualifications/professional development.
• GCSE Maths & English grade C or equivalent.
*Job description
Based in the school’s internal alternative provision centre, the main purpose of this post is to complement the professional work of teaching staff by supporting and delivering the alternative curriculum provision for targeted students. This role involves supporting disaffected and vulnerable students to maximise their potential whilst at school. The successful applicant will become part of the internal alternative provision team and will support the planning, preparation and delivery of a specialised curriculum for individuals and /or groups of key students. The post holder will also support with the monitoring, assessment, recording and reporting on achievement, progress and development for students who attend the internal alternative provision centre. The post holder will report to the Director for Internal Alternative Provision.
Duties of role will include being able:
• To support the development of a vibrant and interesting learning environment within the internal alterative provision centre which supports students’ academic and emotional development.
• To establish rapport and respectful, trusting relationships with students, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.
• To support the assessment, development and delivery of resources to support the varying personal and social needs of the students who may access the internal alternative provision centre.
• To develop the provision and use of various learning materials in a range of media, so as to enhance learning of targeted students.
• To liaise with curriculum leaders/ staff to ensure students who are accessing the internal alternative provision centre can continue with their learning and access high quality teaching.
• To organise and conduct induction programmes for students into the internal alternative provision centre, so to encourage learning, good behaviour and success.
• To support the development of individual programmes of support for students accessing the internal alternative provision centre, this will include regular liaison with parents/ carers and liaison with relevant external agencies.
• To support the tracking and monitoring of progress and academic achievement during the students’ time in the internal alternative provision centre.
• To support students’ reintegration back into mainstream lessons, at the appropriate time, and maintain contact and support with individual students.
• To support the delivery of alternative curriculum pathways for the targeted students, including any complementary offsite alternative provision.
• To develop knowledge of, and competence in learning activities that support the holistic development of young people who access the support of the internal alternative provision centre.
• To have a positive and significant impact on targeted students.
• To promote self-esteem and independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self-reliance.
• To support the Director for Internal Alternative Provision in the successful operation of the internal alternative provision so as to ensure a quality facility for targeted students.
• To promote the work of the internal alternative provision centre across the school, so all staff have an understanding of the ethos and work of the area.
• To provide excellent support, supervision and care for all users of the internal alternative provision centre.
• Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required on student achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring availability of appropriate evidence.
• To liaise closely with the school’s Pastoral and Inclusion Teams regarding all students who may be accessing the provision, including supporting and contributing to multi –agency working for specific students.
• To arrange parental interviews/reviews as appropriate; to provide regular feedback to parents/carers on targeted students.
• To inform colleagues of which students are in the internal alternative provision centre, at which times and for how long.
• To supervise the internal alternative provision centre at lesson change, break and lunchtimes.
• To participate in the school’s quality assurance process.
• To set high expectations for pupils’ behaviour and maintain a good standard of discipline through well focused teaching, fostering positive relationships and implementing the school’s Behaviour Policy.
• To provide in class support to targeted students, as and when needed.
• To participate in the school’s On Call rota.
• All staff have a responsibility to ensure that the College’s Safeguarding Policy is adhered to and concerns are raised in accordance with the policy.
• All staff have a responsibility to ensure that the College’s Health and Safety Policy is adhered to and concerns are raised in accordance with the policy.
• Any other appropriate duties and responsibilities relevant to the post as directed by the Chief Executive Officer, Principal, Vice Principals, or Assistant Principals.
*About The Trust
Landau Forte Charitable Trust is a family of six Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form Academies across the Midlands. Established in 1989, our roots as a charity lie in the global finance and hospitality industries, with our founders Martin Landau and Rocco Forte. Their values combine in how our schools look after their children and young people; they aspire to a world-leading standard of innovation, entrepreneurship, service and care.
We believe a brilliant education should be central to the development of every child and young person. Their learning, wellbeing and happiness is at the centre of every decision we take and every pound we spend.
*The local area
Derby is a vibrant and exciting city, located right in the heart of the UK. The city has a developed arts and culture scene and the area has a great Geography. The College is located just a few minutes’ walk away from Derby city centre.
Derby provides great range of sports and leisure facilities and is the gateway to the Peak District. Within a 10 minutes’ drive of the city you will find yourself in the beautiful open Derbyshire countryside with unspoilt villages, historic houses and adventurous attractions.
• Derby is 10 minutes away from M1 junction 25
• London is 90 minutes away by train
• East Midlands Airport is 20 minutes away
*For your information
If this sounds like the ideal job opportunity for you, please download and read our Information for Applicants document before applying:
http://lfa.ac/LFCDJobsInfo
*Apply for this job
1. Read the Guidance & Criteria document
http://lfa.ac/LFCTJobsInfo
2. Complete the application form online
Visit www.lfct.org.uk/careers
All appointments made are subject to satisfactory references and a criminal background check. Landau Forte Charitable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About Landau Forte College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1198 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Landau Forte College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@lfct.org.uk
We are a highly successful and heavily oversubscribed 11 – 19 College with a strong record of success across all aspects of its work. In May 2014 we were accredited as a School Centre for Teacher Training by the National College for Teaching and Leadership. In February 2015 we were designated as a Teaching School and the College is a local, regional and national hub for professional development.
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