Learning Mentor/Teaching Assistant - Harbour School Dorset

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About The Role

Learning Mentor (Support Staff)

Job Title

Learning Mentor

School

Harbour School Dorset

Grade

Grade E

Salary

£25,144 - £26,888, (actual salary £20,064 - £21,455 for part time/term time working) Plus Local Government Pension Scheme with 23.6% Employer pension contributions

Reporting to

Member of the Middle Leadership Team

Hours

34.5 per week, Monday - Thursday 8.30am-4pm, Friday 8.30am-1pm

Contract

Permanent, Term time only

At Harbour School Dorset, we are reaching our final stage of exciting growth! Could you be the perfect fit to complete our team?

Dan our Headteacher and his senior team are looking for awesome people to join them and right now are looking for Learning Mentors to make a difference to children with Autistic Spectrum Condition and social, emotional and mental health needs - giving them the opportunities they deserve is a job like no other.

You will also have the opportunity in our growing school to develop your career and we can train and support you to give you the skills and confidence so that one day you can become an Instructor or begin your teaching training.

Our Learning Mentors work alongside our Class Teachers, a bit like Teaching Assistants......... but even more awesome.

This is why you're awesome:

• Your friends say you are the kindest person they know
• Stressful situations are a part of life, but you're the one that stays calm
• Resilient - As Chumbawamba once said "I get knocked down, but I get up again"
• Empathic - It's because you understand how others feel and why they behave in certain ways.
• We don't expect you to know everything, but you're enthusiastic to learn so that you can be the best you.
• Self-awareness - Knowing how you are feeling and how this can impact others is so important for you to meet the needs of our students and having this awareness is what makes you special.
• And while all of the above is about you, the most important thing is that you understand it's really all about the students.

It's been quite the few years for us, not just for Louis; we moved into a brand new school building and continue to increase our staffing team to meet growing student numbers.

Louis has struggled to attend school for years. Thanks to his Learning Mentor, Louis developed ways of learning and emotional regulation, helping him to keep up with and exceed his peers. Louis is thriving right now, loving his Apprenticeship and positively engaging in his work experience with a local employer.

Would you like to help students like Louise to succeed and thrive? To become part of our journey, please contact [email protected]

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, this role involves directly working with children and significant contact with children, and therefore we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for this post prior to commencement. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

If successfully shortlisted the HR Department will also be conducting an individual online search including social media platforms of your 'name, education and employment', to demonstrate due diligence following the updated 'Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023' guidance. The search will not form part of the actual shortlisting process and any concerns arising from the search will be discussed directly with you.

Please note applications will be viewed on receipt, we reserve the right to close the role early.

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