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Job Overview
Education Stage: Key Stage 3 and 4
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time (40 hours per week, term time only, starting at 07:30am daily)
Pay Scale: Support Staff Pay SCP 3 - 5
Closing Date: 4th July 2025
Reports to: Head of Provision
Start date: TBD
What Skills And Experience We Are Looking For
At Balance AP, we are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Behaviour Mentor to join our team. As a Behaviour Mentor, you will play a key role in providing support and guidance to students in Key Stage 3 and 4 who may have social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs, or other SEND needs. To excel in this role, we are looking for someone who possesses the following skills and experience:
* A genuine passion for working with children, especially those with SEMH needs.
* Demonstrated ability to engage positively with young people and create a supportive learning environment.
* Able to understand and empathise with the challenges students with SEMH needs may face.
* Solid understanding of behaviour management strategies and the ability to implement them effectively.
* Confident in taking a leadership role when required and providing guidance to students.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop and deliver specific targeted interventions to promote social, emotional and mental wellbeing.
* To ensure that all mentoring programmes provide a range of strategies that will motivate, challenge and empower further learning and ensure students make positive changes.
* Support learning and personal development through 1-1 mentoring, group sessions and specialise enrichment programmes.
* Provide ongoing support for students inside and outside of the classroom.
* Develop and implement individual plans that challenge inappropriate behaviour, build positive self-image, enhance educational achievement and reduce the likelihood of exclusion.
* Communicate with an extended range of networks and partnerships include other schools and parents to broker support and learning opportunities and improve the quality of provisions for students.
* Use behaviour management strategies effectively and in line with the provision’s policy and procedures, and fully contribute to a professional and purposeful learning environment.
* To drive to collect and drop off students in the School Minibus daily. A full, clean driver’s licence is a requirement.
What The School Offers Its Staff
At Balance AP, we are committed to providing an exciting and rewarding working environment for our staff. We offer:
* Joining Balance AP means being part of an innovative and expanding Independent Alternative Provision School, which is Ofsted Registered "Good".
* We actively support the professional growth of our staff, providing opportunities for training and development to enhance their skills and knowledge.
* You will be part of a dedicated and collaborative team, working together to make a positive impact on the lives of our students.
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people with SEMH needs and are seeking a challenging yet rewarding position, please submit your application by 4th July at 5pm.
Balance AP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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