Salary:    Grade 9, Point 19-25: Actual salary will be based on working hours and scale point  

Contract:     Permanent, Part-Time or Full-Time hours considered, 39 weeks a year (term time plus inset days)

We are seeking a resilient and proactive Behaviour Support – Senior Learning Support Mentor to join our school and play a key role in maintaining high standards of behaviour and supporting a positive climate for learning across our school. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is committed to helping students make positive choices, reflect on their behaviour and remain engaged in learning.

About the Role

You will oversee and support the day-to-day running of our inclusion room provision — a well-managed, highly structured and relational-based environment that forms an important part of our disruption-free learning strategy.

Working closely with pastoral teams, teaching staff and senior leaders, you will supervise students removed from lessons, ensuring they remain focused, productive and supported throughout the school day. You will also help students regulate their behaviour, reflect on their actions and continue making academic progress.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and support students removed from lessons through the school’s centralised behaviour system
• Maintain a calm, purposeful and disciplined learning environment
• Build positive and productive relationships with students
• Support students with learning tasks and monitor completion of work
• Liaise with teaching staff to ensure appropriate work is provided and returned
• Maintain accurate records, including attendance and safeguarding concerns
• Communicate with parents/carers where required
• Support the administration of the school’s behaviour systems
• Assist with after-school detentions when required
• Promote inclusion, equality, safeguarding and the school’s values at all times

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Should you wish to arrange a visit to view the School, please do not hesitate to contact Channon Bruton, Office Manager on Channon.Bruton@shaftesburyschool.co.uk and she will be happy to arrange this for you.

SAST will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. In line with KCSIE guidance, this will be part of safer recruitment checks, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child.  It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis.  SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification and the post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check.  The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

SAST recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce and is committed to building a workforce which reflects diversity from the communities it serves. SAST values the contributions from all staff from a wide range of different backgrounds and actively seeks to promote an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment and at the same time supports fair promotion and cultural acceptance. Under the provision of the Equality Act 2010 SAST welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment process which is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

This role is UK- based and your right to work will need to be established as part of the appointment process