TLTP are recruiting for a behaviour mentor who has a background teaching PE, mentoring students and dealing with challenging behaviour.
This role will involve working with a students who can display quite challenging behaviour and for this reason we are looking for experienced candidates.
This is a specialist school based in Newham are looking for a special needs Learning mentor with experience of working with challenging children and young people. This is a specialist SEN school that caters for young people including excluded students, ASD and complex SEMH behaviours.
Learning Mentors will have the opportunity to work in this outstanding school with an excellent reputation in special education expertise, curriculum and resources.
Learning mentors must have experience working with mental health problems and complex SEN needs.
This school believes that all young people should be provided with appropriate education in a safe, stable, containing learning environment.
Special needs Learning mentors are given opportunities to succeed through the use of highly personalised individual education plans to help support their students.
The Therapeutic Education Department works closely with the nurses, doctors and therapists at the centre and with a wide range of professionals in the community.
Learning mentors will need excellent behaviour management skills
Be able to build positive relationships with young people and staff
Team Teach or similar restraint training certificate
Good knowledge/experience working with children with SEMH within an Special needs environment
Special needs learning mentors will need experience working with secondary aged pupils
Learning mentors will be collaborating with the classroom teacher to define appropriate activities for the pupils in relation to the curriculum
Assessing children who have long or short:term learning difficulties and working with colleagues to identify individual pupils special needs
Liaising with other professionals, such as social workers, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and educational psychologists
This is a full time/long term position and will lead to permanent if successful.
Skills And Experience Required Are As Follows
SEN
EBD
Mental Health experience
ASD
Excellent behaviour management
Current DBS on the update service
Classroom experience
Working with primary or secondary
Full UK driving Licence
The Schools Offers
A committed and enthusiastic staff.
Quality professional development.
An exciting opportunity to shape the future of the school and to set the culture for achievement and progress for all of the pupils.
Purposeful, happy and supportive environment with learning for all at its centre.
TLTP Group is an Equal Opportunities employer. Subject to observance of all UK and EU current legislation we shall not discriminate to exclude individuals on the grounds of age, race, colour, gender (birth or reassigned), sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, marital status, ethnic or national origin, health, pregnancy, childcare responsibilities or criminal records. Candidates from such groups are actively encouraged .