12 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    3 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    21 January 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£29,572.00 - £31,586.00 Annually (FTE)

Intervention Mentor job summary

Stephenson Academy

Stephenson Academy provides education for students both male and female aged between 9 and 16 years. We are the local SEN provision for students with social emotional and mental health needs (SEMH). We pride ourselves on delivering a high quality curriculum, truly individualised to meet the needs of our students, ensuring successful outcomes for all. We have a cohort of staff who are from all walks of life which has created a truly dynamic and diverse team.

Salary: Pay Range 3 Actual Pay - £25,663-£27,411 per annum (£29,572 – £31,586 FTE)

Working Hours: 37 Hours per week / 39 weeks per year (TTO)

Do you want to make a difference to a young person’s life in Milton Keynes?

Are you, or do you want to be a teacher?

Do you want to help us to build brighter futures?

Do you want to make a real difference to your students? Is job satisfaction a priority? Want to achieve more than just results at the end of each academic year? Then come and join Stephenson (MK) Trust! We are dedicated to improving the quality of education for students excluded from mainstream school, some with complex social, emotional and mental health needs, giving them the best possible life chances.

We are seeking:

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.

Why choose our Trust?

We can offer you:

  • A welcoming and positive working environment where the wellbeing of both students and staff is a top priority
  • High quality professional development and support including bespoke CPD
  • Small class sizes, with the ability to be truly creative, not prescriptive
  • Progression opportunities across the Trust
  • Free access to holistic treatments as part of our wellbeing policy

Closing date for all applications: 3 February 2025

Interviews will take place: Wk. commencing – 10 February 2025

Please note Qualification Certificates and Identification Documents are required at Interview.

Visits to Stephenson Academy are welcomed by contacting: Sarah Horton – Office Manager – sarah.horton@stephensonacademy.org.uk

CVs will not be accepted

For more information, please contact recruitment@stephensonmktrust.org.uk

Stephenson (MK) Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This commitment to robust Recruitment, Selection and Induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate is required prior to commencement of 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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Stephenson Academy

School type
Academy, ages 9 to 16
School size
121 pupils enrolled
Age range
9 to 16

Stephenson Academy is a successful 80 place special school, which opened in 2012. It has a main site, which caters for 11-16 year olds. We have an associated independent sixth form provision for 16-19 year olds.

As a specialist academy we cater for students who have Education and Health Care Plans with an identified primary need of Social Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMH), many with associated challenging behaviour. Many of our students have additional special educational needs such as speech, language and communication difficulties, Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and mental health difficulties

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