Lead Behaviour Mentor
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 July 2025 |
| Location: | Ilford, Essex, IG1 2WS |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 0f0f16b7-3a0f-4161-85d9-4e97dd0eea91 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide one-to-one and small group mentoring to students with behavioural, emotional, or social difficulties.
• Support students in managing their behaviour and developing strategies for success.
• Work collaboratively with teaching staff, pastoral teams, parents and external agencies.
• Monitor and track student progress, maintaining accurate records and reports.
• Promote a positive and inclusive school culture.
• Be an active member of the Safeguarding Team in the role of Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
What We’re Looking For:
• Experience working with young people, dealing with difficult situations relating to poor behaviour.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• A calm, patient, and empathetic approach.
• Ability to build positive relationships and manage challenging behaviour.
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
What the school offers its staff
What We Offer:
As part of the United Learning Trust, we offer great benefits for our staff, including:
• Highly competitive pay above national average.
• 26 days annual leave plus 8 statutory bank holidays per annum.
• An additional day’s paid leave awarded per annum.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• A respectful working environment.
• Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy across the Cluster and United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
• Access to training
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), offering mental health and wellbeing support
• Health Cash Plan available to United Learning staff with a minimum of 6 months of service. The plan gives you money back on essential healthcare, from opticians to physiotherapy, and guarantees you 24/7 access to an online GP.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Car lease scheme
• Employee benefits through Westfield Rewards including money off your weekly shop, savings from big brands like M&S, Sainsbury’s Boots, H&M, Argos and many more
• Eye care vouchers and free flu vaccines
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.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide one-to-one and small group mentoring to students with behavioural, emotional, or social difficulties.
• Support students in managing their behaviour and developing strategies for success.
• Work collaboratively with teaching staff, pastoral teams, parents and external agencies.
• Monitor and track student progress, maintaining accurate records and reports.
• Promote a positive and inclusive school culture.
• Be an active member of the Safeguarding Team in the role of Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
What We’re Looking For:
• Experience working with young people, dealing with difficult situations relating to poor behaviour.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• A calm, patient, and empathetic approach.
• Ability to build positive relationships and manage challenging behaviour.
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
What the school offers its staff
What We Offer:
As part of the United Learning Trust, we offer great benefits for our staff, including:
• Highly competitive pay above national average.
• 26 days annual leave plus 8 statutory bank holidays per annum.
• An additional day’s paid leave awarded per annum.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• A respectful working environment.
• Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy across the Cluster and United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
• Access to training
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), offering mental health and wellbeing support
• Health Cash Plan available to United Learning staff with a minimum of 6 months of service. The plan gives you money back on essential healthcare, from opticians to physiotherapy, and guarantees you 24/7 access to an online GP.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Car lease scheme
• Employee benefits through Westfield Rewards including money off your weekly shop, savings from big brands like M&S, Sainsbury’s Boots, H&M, Argos and many more
• Eye care vouchers and free flu vaccines
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.