Behaviour Mentor
Briscoe Primary School & Nursery, Basildon, Essex, SS13 1PNThis job expired on 1 June 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
To be negotiated
Closing date
1 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,733.00 - £25,415.00 Annually (FTE) including fringe allowance (pro-rata). Salary negotiable depending on skills and experience.
Behaviour Mentor job summary
Behaviour Mentor
The Atrium - an SEMH Enhanced Provision
Hours: 24 hours per week
Working pattern: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday (8.30am – 3.00pm with a 30 minute break)
39 weeks per year (which includes five INSET days). You will be paid for 44.65 weeks per year
Band: 2, point 3-5 depending on experience
Salary: from £24,733 to £25,415 full time equivalent including fringe allowance (pro-rata). Salary negotiable depending on skills and experience.
Actual: Actual salary range from £13,738.42 to £14,117.25 per annum
Join Our Team: Behaviour Mentor Role Are you energetic, patient, and empathetic? We're on the lookout for a dedicated Learning Support Assistant (LSA) to join our compassionate team at The Atrium. In this rewarding role, you’ll work closely with all our pupils, alongside an experienced and supportive group of Senior Teachers and Behaviour Mentors. Together, we make a meaningful difference every day.
What we do
The Atrium is an SEMH Enhanced Provision. We work with parents and carers, mainstream schools and outside agencies to build a team of support around our pupils. Together we work towards pupils’ reintegration back into a fulltime, mainstream setting or SEMH specialist school. We adopt a therapeutic approach to supporting pupils and our practice is informed by the latest trauma informed research.
The Atrium is a SEMH Enhanced Provision committed to transforming the lives of young people. We collaborate with parents, carers, mainstream schools, and external agencies to create a robust network of support around our pupils. Our shared goal is to guide their reintegration into full-time mainstream education or an SEMH specialist school. With a therapeutic, trauma-informed approach, we base our practice on cutting-edge research, prioritizing the well-being and growth of each child.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to bring creativity, resilience, and care into a role that directly impacts vulnerable children and their futures. As part of a collaborative team, you’ll take on tasks such as:
- Planning engaging activities in partnership with colleagues.
- Providing one-on-one academic support tailored to individual needs.
- Leading small group sessions to foster learning and development.
- Working alongside specialist teachers to develop and implement impactful strategies.
- Supporting learning through playful and therapeutic activities.
Every day will be different, filled with challenges, creativity, and purpose. Your love for reading, ability to think outside the box, and a great sense of humor will be key to success in this dynamic role.
Who We’re Looking For
If you’re someone who:
- Can think creatively to solve problems and engage pupils.
- Is passionate about improving the lives of vulnerable children in our community.
- Builds positive, trusting relationships that inspire confidence and growth. Then we want to hear from you!
Ready to make a real difference? Apply now and be part of a dedicated team changing the lives of young people, their families, and the wider community.
An informal discussion or visit can be scheduled ahead of application. Please contact Graham Head, Head of Enhanced Provision: g.head@heartsacademy.uk
For all vacancies at HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website: https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/vacancies/
HEARTS Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form, satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children’s barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
If you would like any support or assistance at any stage of your application process, please contact recruitment@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 572672. We will be happy to discuss this with you.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview.
A copy of the Trust Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/trust-information/policies
For further information about the HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website at: http://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
About Briscoe Primary School & Nursery
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 318 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Briscoe Primary School & Nursery website
As a school, Briscoe Primary School and Nursery pride's ourselves in getting to know the whole child and to think about all of their needs and aspirations as they learn and grow. Not only do we have very high expectations for their academic achievement; we also nurture them and help them to grow in confidence and independence.
We offer a very broad and creative curriculum. Our children have had some wonderful opportunities since being part of the HEARTS Academy Trust. This has included: visits from the Science Dome, visits to the Royal Opera, trips to London as well as sleepovers and residential experiences! We firmly believe that we build memories here at Briscoe, which children will carry with them forever.
If you ask any of the children here, they will tell you that Briscoe is a school that they are proud to be part of!
The Atrium at HEARTS Academy Trust - an early intervention, enhanced provision for children with SEMH challenges
HEARTS Academy Trust remain immensely proud of the work of The Atrium – our enhanced ‘partnership’ provision located in the grounds of Briscoe primary School & Nursery, in Basildon, Essex. Established in 2018, The Atrium works to inspire hope and positivity in pupils and families who have experienced significant challenges and/or social and emotional trauma.
Briscoe Primary School & Nursery and The Atrium are part of the HEARTS Academy Trust, a Trust of local schools that has the values of happiness, equity, achievement, resilience, truth and spirituality. The Trust is truly innovative and rewards outstanding staff for outstanding outcomes. The school calendar consists of 184 days contact time with pupils, 5 non-pupil days and the equivalent of 6 days of high quality continuous professional development.
The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview. A copy of the Trust Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/trust-information/policies
We can offer you:
- an excellent CPD entitlement with purposeful training, including Trust-wide twilights throughout the year
- a two-week October half-term
- supportive colleagues who want to provide the best possible opportunities for their pupils
- a highly effective learning environment
- a responsive and involved leadership team
- an 80:20 teaching model (4-day teaching week where all teachers receive an additional 10% non-contact (PPA) time each week as part of the trust policy)
- a school with a highly positive culture that supports all staff; mental health, workload and wellbeing are at the forefront of our vision and values
- access to our school counsellor and network of Mental Health and Wellbeing champions
For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
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