We are looking for a candidate who can share our mission to ‘educate successful women of the future’ and is fully committed to girls' education. The Achievement Mentor role in school is part of our vision as a leading school in attachment aware and trauma informed practice. You will be working with the Assistant Headteacher for Behaviour for Learning and will be part of a small team called The Bridge [a learning centre] and supporting Heads of Year with their pastoral work. Your previous experience might include social care, youth work, mentoring, higher level teaching assistants or work with vulnerable young people in education settings. You will enjoy and thrive in our high achieving, happy and successful school, recently inspected as outstanding.
Job Purpose:
* To promote a positive, optimistic attitude to learning and achievement within the school, with students, parents/carers and the wider community.
* To work as part of a team with referred students to remove and address barriers to their learning through the Ricards Bridge programme/workshops.
* Plan and implement bespoke reflective behaviour modification tasks with support from the inclusion team, pastoral team and behaviour leads.
* To work with students, parents/carers and colleagues to identify the barriers to learning for referred students and raise their standards of attainment and progress especially in English and Mathematics.
* To build positive, professional relationships and links with referred students’ parents/carers and maintain regular contact with them to promote good attendance and punctuality, as well as support parents/carers in their attendance at interviews/meetings.
* To draw up and implement personalised and agreed support programmes and Action Plans for referred students, including setting personal, educational and behaviour targets.
* To work with students in a variety of ways to provide support to achieve their targets. This may include individual support sessions and group work.
* Providing extra curricular activities at lunchtimes or after school.
* To monitor and track referred students’ progress through attendance, engagement, behaviour and attainment on a regular basis, taking rapid action to provide support if difficulties become apparent.
* To carry out focussed time-limited or one-off interventions with tutor groups or groups of students, such as: transition sessions, mediation, restorative justice, anti-bullying sessions, learning activities relating to need.
Benefits include the following:
* Well being weeks and social events.
* A laptop for all teaching staff.
* Social staff area and work area for staff.
* Access to Merton’s Employee Assistance Programme including new wellbeing app with instant access to free support for up to six weeks.
* Collaborative approach to teaching and learning.
* Merton Employee VDU users – possible to claim a fee towards glasses/eye test.
* Annual season ticket travel loans are available.
The staff are very supportive towards each other with a great camaraderie existing throughout the school with a number of social events that are open to all and well attended.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, confirmation of qualifications, experience checks and satisfactory references.
Ricards Lodge High School welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
Closing date: Monday 24th February 2025 at 9am.
If you are interested in joining our team, we would be keen to hear from you.
We reserve the right to interview as applications are received.
Safeguarding Statement:
Ricards Lodge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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