Senior Behaviour Mentor
Orion Eden Park, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3RD12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
9 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- NJC Scale 5, points 11-15 (40 hours, 40 weeks)
Senior Behaviour Mentor job summary
Based at Orion Eden Park
Orion Education is a values-led organisation, driven by a determination to create welcoming and open schools for the local community, where every person thrives, makes excellent progress, and succeeds. We are committed to improving outcomes and transforming lives, realising social mobility, and the transformative power of education. We value the difference in all of our schools while seeking to bring them together around a framework that delivers an enriching experience and a great education for the young people within our care.
We want the very best for all of our young people. Our plan to ensure that we deliver great schools is underpinned by our shared values of trust, kindness, and endeavour. Our schools and our staff are collaborative and we seek to create consistency and quality throughout.
Our leaders create improvement in schools that is robust and sustainable. We are as enthusiastic about developing and nurturing our staff, as we are about developing our young people. Our professional development programs and our approach to school improvement provide quality and rigor while creating a depth of experience and learning for our staff.
About the role
The Senior Behaviour Mentor will play a vital role within the Inclusion team at Orion Eden Park in supporting with the leadership of behaviour across the school.
Key Accountabilities
Support the leadership of behaviour across the school, including:
o Supervising specific areas of the behaviour suite
o Leading on the implementation and delivery of behaviour support systems
o Designing, delivering and monitoring the efficacy of the behaviour curriculum
o Meeting with external agencies to ensure a continuity / accuracy of provision to support students with a range of specific behavioral needs
o Liaising with the SEND / EAL leadership to ensure accurate diagnosis of need, working collaboratively when required
Be responsible for the direct management of members of the behaviour management team
Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.
Under the leadership of the Assistant Principal, to work with school staff, the Inclusion Team, and external agencies, to provide support and guidance for students across the school. This will develop a culture of success, praise, and celebration of achievement.
Supporting on the CAF processes and actions related to them, including with external agencies
To ensure clarity of communication with parents and carers regarding behaviour events, updating as necessary via telephone calls, letters and/ or emails to inform them their child has been referred to specific support or sanction
Be highly visible during line-ups, transitions and break times
Attend all relevant meetings to do with behaviour and teaching and learning
Act as a mentor or key worker for certain pupils
Liaise with all relevant partners across the school to ensure early identification of pupils at risk of disengagement
To act as part of the strategic safeguarding team and ensure that safeguarding is effective and child protection actions implemented
Where appropriate, ask teachers for feedback on student work
Be aware and comply with all safeguarding policies
*We reserve the right to this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Orion Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Orion Education is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.
Commitment to safeguarding
Education for the 21st Century is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Education for the 21st Century is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.
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 Orion Eden Park
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1303 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Orion Eden Park website (opens in new tab)
Education for the 21st Century is a values-led organisation, driven by a determination to create welcoming and open schools for the local community, where every person thrives, makes excellent progress, and succeeds. We are committed to improving outcomes and transforming lives, realising social mobility, and the transformative power of education. We value the difference in all of our schools while seeking to bring them together around a framework that delivers an enriching experience and a great education for the young people within our care.
We want the very best for all of our young people. Our plan to ensure that we deliver great schools is underpinned by our shared values of trust, kindness, and endeavour. Our schools and our staff are collaborative, and we seek to create consistency and quality throughout.
Our leaders create improvement in schools that is robust and sustainable. We are as enthusiastic about developing and nurturing our staff, as we are about developing our young people. Our professional development programs and our approach to school improvement provide quality and rigor while creating a depth of experience and learning for our staff.
In joining Eden Park High School and the family of schools within E21C you will gain access to an unparalleled level of support and development in a forward-thinking school and trust.
Eden Park High School is a new school in Beckenham. We opened in 2017, moved into our purpose-built new premises in 2019, celebrated our first ever GCSE results in 2022 and have opened our new Sixth Form this September. With a new and expanded leadership team, this young school is starting an exciting new chapter as we build the culture, systems and teams that will see us expand further over the next two years and deliver an outstanding quality of education for the community.
We are currently recruiting exceptional teachers and support staff who want to be part of our journey of transformation. We want people who will share in our ethos and values and set a new standard of excellence and inspire young minds.
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