Senior Learning Mentor - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Monteney Primary, Steel City Schools Partnership

Description

The focus of the role is to:

• Provide a complementary service that enhances existing provision in order to support learning, participation and encourage social inclusion
• Develop and maintain effective and supportive mentoring relationships with children and young people and those engaged with them
• Work within an extended range of networks and partnerships to broker support and learning opportunities and improve the quality of services to children and young people
• Undertake the role of Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

The successful applicant must have the ability to work as an effective team member, be well organised, and have the ability to communicate with children and adults in a constructive and effective way.

Flexibility in working with all age groups, and the ability to form excellent working relationships with pupils and staff is essential.

Steel City Schools Partnership has been established to ensure a local, primary led partnership of schools with an ambition to work closely with other Academies and schools.

The "
To provide an excellent education for all" philosophy drives policy, practice and governance in order to achieve the Trust aims, which are to provide a high quality learning and cultural environment that inspires and motivates children, staff and the wider community to engage in education and learning.

Monteney Primary is a creative, collaborative and inclusive school which aims to inspire and encourage every child to be the best that they can be. We pride ourselves in delivering an exciting and creative curriculum and providing high quality learning and pastoral support for our children as well as offering excellent CPD opportunities for all our staff. We have a supportive, innovative, friendly and well-motivated staff team who work collaboratively to develop practice and share ideas.

We are excited about how our focus on the development of our Monteney curriculum has started to further improve pupil outcomes and engagement in learning.

Our children are enthusiastic with positive attitudes to learning and they all strive to be "Monteney Learners" encouraged by our Monteney values.

This was recognised in our last Ofsted inspection (March 2020).


Expectations:

We are looking for an individual who has the capacity to take a lead role, along with the Deputy Principal, in the management and delivery of pastoral support to pupils within our Academy.

As part of this you will be responsible for leading a team of other pastoral staff within the Academy. You will be expected to network with other Learning Mentors from the Trust and beyond.

An in-depth understanding of all children's needs is essential to ensure our children are receiving the best pastoral care along with the ability to be able to determine and support all pupils with particular needs.

Relevant Qualifications:

• Excellent literacy/numeracy skills equivalent to NVQ Level 2 in English & Maths
• Minimum NVQ Level 4 or equivalent qualification in relevant field.

The successful applicant must have the ability to work as an effective team member, be well organised, and have the ability to communicate with children and adults in a constructive and effective way.

We are looking for individuals who are lively and enthusiastic and who have the following philosophy:

• Committed to excellence within their work in school and across the partnership
• Committed to child centred education

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£25,983.00-£29,587.00 per year


Benefits:

• Company pension
• Onsite parking
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• SHEFFIELD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
One location