Support Mentor

Responsibilities

• To provide support in-class, or mentoring support outside the classroom and some personal care as directed by the Head of School / Line manager.
• To assist the lecturer/instructor with the preparation and maintenance of materials or activities for named student use.
• To provide support on a 1:1 or small group basis as directed by the Instructor/Lecturer to ensure individual needs are met.
• To use strategies that empower and promote positive behaviours for independent learning.
• Contribute to record keeping including logging details of students' progress and performance on ProMonitor.
• To support students to access transport at the beginning and end of the day.
• To work closely with the Personal Learning Adviser to ensure that individual student targets are being monitored and reviewed.
• In conjunction with the Personal Learning Adviser, make contact with parents, either by telephone or in writing where appropriate.
• To attend department team meetings and undertake training and development as required. This will include College core training and the departmental mandatory Team Teach training.
• To accompany and support students during work experience placements, and/or trips, residential, both on and off site if appropriate.
• Contribute to student reports as requested.
• To attend college delivered 'Teaching Essentials' training

Offers of Work

For the successful candidate a conditional offer of work will be made. Our offer of work will be conditional upon a number of mandatory pre-employment checks, to include but not limited to: DBS, Barred List check, right to work check, internet search, TRA check (academic posts).

Qualifications

• A good general education to level 2.
• Demonstrate English and Maths skills equivalent to Level 2.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• The ability to work flexibly as a member of the team.
• Good IT skills.
• The willingness to undertake staff training as applicable, including mandatory Team Teach training.
• Previous experience of working with young people.
• This role is pro rata so the salary you will be receiving is £20,094.75 per annu m. For any roles that start part way through the Academic year, the annual salary will be pro rata to the remaining months.

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