Learning Mentor / Thrive Practitioner

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Job Description

• The Beeches Community Primary School, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 6ET
• £24,294 - £25,119 pro rata
• Part time, hours to be negotiated, 39 weeks per year
• Fixed Term initially until 31 August 2025
• Reference: 6242
• Required as soon as possible

Do you believe in a nurturing and inclusive approach from all children? Then please read on.

The Beeches Primary requires an experienced Learning Mentor / Thrive Practitioner to join our successful school.

This is a great opportunity for you to work more closely with our team of dedicated staff, wonderful children and wider community.

You will:

• be passionate about removing barriers for learning
• provide educational support for pupils with social, communication, emotional and behavioural difficulties
• provide classroom support throughout the school with an understanding and commitment to inclusion
• commit to raising the achievement of all children
• be a good communicator with the ability to work effectively with other agencies and families
• be enthusiastic, empathetic, patient and non-judgmental
• be passionate about the benefits of the Thrive approach and be a licensed Thrive Practitioner (or be willing and committed to undertake training)
• have experience in assessment, action planning, support and monitoring of Thrive assessments.

You will be expected to have experience and a professional approach to working with children and families. A good sense of humour and a commitment to life-long learning are essential.

The Beeches offers a caring, friendly and welcoming environment and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children.

Our aim is to attract people from diverse backgrounds to build on our inclusive culture and represent the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy, maternity and paternity. We are committed to inclusivity and will consider requests for flexible working including part time and job share arrangements, where the role allows.

We are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our staff, developing skills, training, further qualification and accreditation. The Beeches CP School offers a caring, friendly and welcoming environment.

Visits are strongly recommended.

To find out more

Please call us on 01473 741225 or email: office@beechescps.org.uk with any queries.

For further information, please also see our website at: www.beechescps.org.uk

How to apply

Applications need to be submitted via the Mynewterm website at: https://mynewterm.com/

Closing date: midday, 25 September 2024.

Interview date: 27 September 2024.

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references.

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