Milk Education are working with a school in Newcastle to hire a Learning Mentor that can provide support to pupils and tackle challenging behaviour.
The successful Learning Mentor will work with children in a primary school to encourage and make a positive impact on their lives. The ideal candidate will focus on maintaining a positive learning environment for pupils with additional SEN needs across all years groups.
You will be expected to establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the school, and to promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times.
Learning Mentor Core Responsibilities:
- Mentor young people
- Working collaboratively with the learning support team
- Become a positive role model for the children
- Provide discreet, one to one support or small group support to the learner/s
- To be resilient and able to take regular responsibility for agreed learning
- An ability to build strong, trusting relationships
As a Learning Mentor you will need:
- Sensitivity and understanding
- Patience and the ability to remain calm
- Enjoy working with other people
- Excellent communication and listening skills
- Creativity and versatility
- Experience working with children in the last 2 years
The Milk Difference:
We are an environmentally-friendly education supply agency providing quality talent to local schools across the North East. Milk Education brings a fresh approach with traditional values to the Education Recruitment Sector.
• Excellent rates of pay
• Direct links to local schools
• Free Lesson Plans
• Training support sessions.
• Video technology that will increase your chances of long-term placements.
• Dedicated Consultants who will cater to your employment needs with 24/7 availability
• Commitment to quality and safeguarding
• 24/7 support for interview and lesson observation preparation