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Student Mentor
| Posting date: | 16 February 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 February 2025 |
| Location: | Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9TS |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6a56dc52-c196-49eb-9038-c79ed2d06b0e-1 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Purpose:
To provide mentoring support for students:
• Supporting students to access lessons and engage in learning
Strategic Role:
• To provide clearly defined, time limited student mentoring support.
• To collaborate with fellow professionals in developing effective strategies for students
• To report on the outcomes of each case
• Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school.
Mentoring:
• To use a variety of methods and approaches to meet the range of pupils’ needs and ensure equal opportunity for all pupils.
• To develop pupils’ independence to take responsibility for their own learning
• To set high expectations for all pupils
• To use positive management of behaviour and de-escalation techniques in an environment of mutual respect which allows pupils to feel safe and secure, to promote their self-esteem.
• To consider the needs of all pupils within lessons and to implement specialist advice to maximise accessibility to the taught lesson
• Supporting students with a trauma-informed approach
• To plan and implement programmes to support students’ academic social, emotional and mental health needs.
Subject Knowledge and Understanding:
• To keep up to date with research and developments in mentoring
Monitoring, Assessment, Recording, Reporting and Accountability:
• To be responsible for the processes of referral and identification of students who require mentoring.
• To contribute towards the formulation and subsequent implementation of pupil’s documentation including the ILPs and EHC plans as detailed in the current Code of Practice, particularly the planning and recording of appropriate actions and outcomes related to set targets.
• To assess pupils’ work as required
• To be familiar with statutory assessment and reporting procedures and to prepare and present informative, helpful, and accurate reports to parents/carers and other professionals.
Professional Standards & Development:
• To be an outstanding role model to pupils through personal presentation and professional conduct
• To co-operate with the Governors and the SLT in all matters concerning Health and Safety and specifically to take reasonable care of their own Health & Safety, and that of any other person who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.
• To be familiar with the school handbooks and support all the school’s policies.
• To establish effective working relationships with professional colleagues and associate staff
• To strive for personal and professional development through active involvement in the school’s appraisal process
• To consult effectively with parents/carers and with other agencies with responsibility for pupils’ education and welfare
• To undertake any reasonable task as agreed with the curriculum area as agreed with the Headteacher or SLT
• To be familiar with the current SEND code of practice
• Perform any reasonable professional duties as directed by the Headteacher or other SLT.
Pastoral Care Responsibilities:
• Responding to all issues of safeguarding following the school policy
• Ensuring the confidentiality of all pupil information and data
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
• A commitment to support you in developing new skills through a wide range of professional development opportunities and experiences
• The opportunity to make a huge contribution to the education and lives of children who
respond very positively to high quality teaching
• A dedicated leadership team committed to supporting our staff
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.
Job Purpose:
To provide mentoring support for students:
• Supporting students to access lessons and engage in learning
Strategic Role:
• To provide clearly defined, time limited student mentoring support.
• To collaborate with fellow professionals in developing effective strategies for students
• To report on the outcomes of each case
• Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school.
Mentoring:
• To use a variety of methods and approaches to meet the range of pupils’ needs and ensure equal opportunity for all pupils.
• To develop pupils’ independence to take responsibility for their own learning
• To set high expectations for all pupils
• To use positive management of behaviour and de-escalation techniques in an environment of mutual respect which allows pupils to feel safe and secure, to promote their self-esteem.
• To consider the needs of all pupils within lessons and to implement specialist advice to maximise accessibility to the taught lesson
• Supporting students with a trauma-informed approach
• To plan and implement programmes to support students’ academic social, emotional and mental health needs.
Subject Knowledge and Understanding:
• To keep up to date with research and developments in mentoring
Monitoring, Assessment, Recording, Reporting and Accountability:
• To be responsible for the processes of referral and identification of students who require mentoring.
• To contribute towards the formulation and subsequent implementation of pupil’s documentation including the ILPs and EHC plans as detailed in the current Code of Practice, particularly the planning and recording of appropriate actions and outcomes related to set targets.
• To assess pupils’ work as required
• To be familiar with statutory assessment and reporting procedures and to prepare and present informative, helpful, and accurate reports to parents/carers and other professionals.
Professional Standards & Development:
• To be an outstanding role model to pupils through personal presentation and professional conduct
• To co-operate with the Governors and the SLT in all matters concerning Health and Safety and specifically to take reasonable care of their own Health & Safety, and that of any other person who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.
• To be familiar with the school handbooks and support all the school’s policies.
• To establish effective working relationships with professional colleagues and associate staff
• To strive for personal and professional development through active involvement in the school’s appraisal process
• To consult effectively with parents/carers and with other agencies with responsibility for pupils’ education and welfare
• To undertake any reasonable task as agreed with the curriculum area as agreed with the Headteacher or SLT
• To be familiar with the current SEND code of practice
• Perform any reasonable professional duties as directed by the Headteacher or other SLT.
Pastoral Care Responsibilities:
• Responding to all issues of safeguarding following the school policy
• Ensuring the confidentiality of all pupil information and data
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
• A commitment to support you in developing new skills through a wide range of professional development opportunities and experiences
• The opportunity to make a huge contribution to the education and lives of children who
respond very positively to high quality teaching
• A dedicated leadership team committed to supporting our staff
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.