Learning Mentor
Longmoor Community Primary School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L9 0EUThis job expired on 6 July 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
6 July 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 June 2023
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time, 40 hours, term time + 1 week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 5, SCP 17-24 (£27,919 - £32,343 pro-rata)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Our Learning Mentor works to
ensure that all children attend well, behave well, achieve well.
You will actively support the mental health and wellbeing of all pupils in coordination with and under the direction of the Senior Leadership Team, the DSL and Mental Health Lead. You’ll build an excellent relationship with children and staff, rooted in mutual respect, and at all times observing boundaries appropriate to your professional position.
You will become a member of our well-established pastoral team under the direction of our Mental Health Lead; you will work with its members to provide intervention and support where necessary either through specific sessions, or on an ad-hoc and as-needed basis. You will closely monitor the caseload of the pastoral team, ensuring that the graduated response is followed at all times and external/internal support is directed as needed.
Working under the direction of the Assistant Headteacher, you’ll play an active role in managing pupils’ attendance, working with parents and carers where necessary to ensure children attend school on a regular basis. This may be targeted intervention, or family support where it is needed. You must have a full UK driving licence.
Our children are at the heart of everything we do, and as a member of the Longmoor Family, the postholder will assume responsibility for safeguarding their welfare at all times, under the direction of the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
You will work proactively and effectively in collaboration and partnership with learners, parents/carers, governors and other staff (including external agencies) in the best interests of our children. At all times you will act within the frameworks statutory to your role, and any safeguarding documents, such as ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’.
What the school offers its staff
- A Headteacher and school leadership team that are highly committed to developing staff, with a commitment to support your professional development and aspirations.
- A hard working and enthusiastic team that are committed to tackling the challenges facing our local community
- A proactive and supportive governing body
- A new-build, high-quality school environment
- Wonderful pupils with a thirst for learning
Further details about the role
Your main duties will include:
- supporting individuals and groups of children to ensure their academic, social and emotional needs are met
- to engage with families and carers in order to bring out the best in the children
- to continue to monitor attendance and punctuality
- maintaining detailed individual and group records
- using a range of assessment tools to identify pupils’ strengths and areas for development
- attend meetings and report to senior leaders
- supporting children at unstructured times of the day
deliver a range of specific therapies and interventions in order to address pupils SEMH needs
We are looking for someone who:
- is passionate about children’s learning, development and emotional growth
- is positive, committed and is able to use their own initiative
- embraces opportunities to work closely with parents, governors, outside agencies and the local community
- has good communication, numeracy and literacy skills
- has a good range of IT skills
- is an effective team player
- has energy, resilience and a good sense of humour
- has experience of working with children or young people and their families
Please ensure you refer to the person specification (see the recruitment pack) when completing your personal statement.
Commitment to safeguarding
Longmoor Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment to keeping children safe. Any offer of employment will be subject to statutory pre-employment checks including satisfactory references and Enhanced DBS and Barred List checks. This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended in 2013 & 2020) and shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose any relevant criminal history prior to interview. An online search will be conducted on all shortlisted candidates.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Longmoor Community Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 442 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Longmoor Community Primary School website
- Email address
- recruitment@longmoorcps.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0151 521 5511
Longmoor is a dynamic and ambitious school, where our aspirations, strong curriculum and values-driven family ethos enable our children to flourish both personally and academically.
We have a diverse and vibrant community that embraces difference by celebrating the lessons we can learn from each other. Our approach to learning is progressive and professional; we believe in providing our children with an education that both stimulates and challenges in equal measure.
Everything we do is underpinned by our DRIVE values, which every member of the Longmoor Family is expected to live and breathe. We teach our children to act with determination, respect, integrity, valour and excellence at all times, and have the same high expectations of our teachers, support staff, parents and governors.
We believe that our values are integral to providing the young people in our care with the support they need to excel. They provide the framework to offer a broad curriculum that allows our children to seize the opportunities that suit them.
Fundamental to achieving this is having dedicated, expert and happy staff. We work hard to ensure that we recruit the right people, those who are passionate and committed to embracing Longmoor’s unique approach to learning.
Arranging a visit to Longmoor Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@longmoorcps.co.uk.
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