Inclusion Mentor (Engagement and Motivation)
Orchard School Bristol, Bristol, Bristol, BS7 0XZThis job expired on 12 December 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2023
Closing date
12 December 2022 at 9am
Date listed
29 November 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, Mon - Thurs 8.00am - 4.00pm, Fri 8.00am - 3.30pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- BG8 £24,948 - £26,845 FTE
What skills and experience we're looking for
Permanent, Term Time Only plus 5 inset days.
We are looking to appoint an engaging, motivating person as a key member of our Inclusion team. You will work with children to promote student participation, raise aspirations and support young people to achieve their full potential.
You will work alongside our Pastoral Managers, Heads of Year, Mental Health team and Senior Leaders to work with a diverse range of fantastic 11-16 year old students in our friendly secondary school. An ability to speak a community language in addition to fluent English is welcome.
Inclusion Mentors understand children and young people. They are calm, positive people who promote the highest expectations for children and are able to build supportive relationships. They must be able to follow set procedures, but also be prepared for variety and challenge, creatively resolving problems, and finding ways to overcome barriers to learning for young people.
What the school offers its staff
We are a friendly school, serving a richly diverse community in north Bristol. We are building success on our core ORCHARD values of being: Open-minded, Respectful, Creative and Curious, Healthy, Ambitious, Responsible and Determined. Our students are wonderful – they value our staff, knowing that you can make a real difference to their lives. The mission statement of the school, “inspire today, empower for life”, lies at the heart of all that the school does. We place no limits on our aspirations for our students.
We offer:
- a bright, happy place in which to learn and work
- a professionally stimulating environment which values the contributions of all staff
- a strong commitment to your professional development
- award-winning staff wellbeing with a very supportive staff body
Further details about the role
One part of this role is active and motivational: working with children outside the learning environment who may need an encouraging talk or regulatory walk to get them back into learning positively in the classroom. Some of these children may have arrived late to school, aren’t yet ready to learn, and may require practical support such as getting uniform right or needing their timetable to be printed. Others may be struggling with friendships or other teenage concerns; some with mental health concerns may need to be signposted to other trained adults in the school. You’ll need to understand how to balance being inclusive and welcoming, solving problems rapidly, with the highest expectations of encouraging children back into learning as soon as possible.
The other part of the role is some time each day managing the small independent study room, ensuring children are focused on their learning, and restorative practices are carried out. You will take responsibility for the IT administration of the room. You will manage On Call Radio and must be confident to organise staff through the radio system. You will play a key role in managing after-school detentions, supporting children to reflect on their behaviour, learn strategies to improve and ultimately experience successful learning at school. You will need good administration and excellent communication skills. Full training is provided in the role.
If you are resilient, passionate about education, a great problem solver and want to make a difference, this role could be an ideal move for you.
Commitment to safeguarding
Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ Guidance.
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About Orchard School Bristol
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 905 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Orchard School Bristol website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- esnell@orchard.tila.school
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