Learning Mentor - Sixth Form
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 2AJ9 days remaining to apply
Closing date
10 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
31 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Learning Mentor
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £21,853.00 - £24,839.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 4, point 6-14
Learning Mentor - Sixth Form job summary
Contract Type: 37 hours per week, term time only plus 5 teacher training days
Start Date: As soon as possible
About Us:
At Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, we are committed to providing a nurturing and inclusive environment where all our students can thrive. Our Sixth Form is an exciting and dynamic community of learners, offering a range of academic and vocational courses designed to help students achieve their personal and professional aspirations. We are seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate Learning Mentor to join our dedicated Sixth Form team.
Role Overview:
As a Learning Mentor, you will provide vital support to our Sixth Form students, helping them to overcome barriers to learning, build their confidence, and achieve their full potential. You will work closely with students, teachers, and parents to deliver tailored mentoring, ensuring that each student has the support they need to succeed both academically and personally.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide individual and small group mentoring sessions to support students with their academic and personal development.
- Work collaboratively with teachers to identify students who may need additional support, and assist in creating tailored interventions.
- Help students develop effective study habits, time management, and exam preparation skills.
- Foster a positive and motivating environment where students feel empowered to achieve their best.
- Act as a point of contact for students, offering advice, guidance, and support on a range of issues, including pastoral care and well-being.
- Monitor and track student progress, and provide regular feedback to parents and school leadership.
Ideal Candidate:
We are looking for a motivated, empathetic individual who is passionate about supporting young people to succeed. The ideal candidate will:
- Have experience working with young people, ideally in an educational or mentoring setting.
- Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrate strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.
- Have a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students.
- Share our values and be enthusiastic about working in a Catholic school environment.
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a supportive and collaborative team.
- Make a real difference in the lives of our students, helping them to achieve their aspirations.
- Benefit from continuous professional development opportunities.
- Work in a school with a strong sense of community and shared values.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students. All offers of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS checks.
In accordance with our Company Policies and KCSIE guidelines set out by the Department for Education, a background check will be carried out on your online digital presence. For this we use a third-party professional screening partner, SP Index (www.sp-index.com), experienced in processing personal data for the purpose of such checks. The scope of such checks will include all online open-source information, but specifically:
- Up to 10 years online history
- Social and professional networking and media
- Blogs & vlogs
- News and media reports
- Information displayed publicly online by 3rd parties
- Any other relevant open-source information available
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.
CVs are not accepted.
About Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1435 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
School location
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