Pastoral Mentor

Prospero Teaching

Wigan, Greater Manchester
Permanent
Full-time

2 months ago

Job descriptionPastoral Mentor – Temp to Perm – WiganSTARTING IMMEDIATELY, FULL TIMEProspero Teaching is looking for a Pastoral Mentor to join one of our Alternative Provisions, in Wigan. This school is a specialist provision for young people who need a little bit of extra support and who will hopefully return to mainstream education in the near future. Students at this school can create challenges regularly, but staff who are calm, patient, resilient and caring will make huge differences in this setting. Especially if you commit to the role in its entirety, as the continuity makes a very positive impact on the children individually and collectively.Responsibilities in the role:

To support all students throughout the school in a 1:1, whole class support or outside the class capacity
To give the pupils the chance to either get back into mainstream schools or progress into a sustained Post 16 pathway
To Contribute to a positive ethos for learning
To promote the values and achievements of the school to the community
To be aware of and follow the company Equality, Safeguarding and Health and Safety Policies
Have and create high expectations of staff and students

The expectations of the role:

Assist the teacher with writing and monitoring pupil learning plans.
Review and implement interventions which enable pupils to understand and meet their targets.
Support with the delivery of learning activities in the absence of the teacher.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with other practitioners, drawing on their strengths and expertise to best support teaching and learning.
Adapt to pupil and school requirements on a day to day basis.
Work with all staff to address pupils’ barriers to learning.

CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS

Location – Wigan
Position – Pastoral Mentor
Type of work – Temp to perm
Start date – ASAP
Full time
Hours – 8:30 am – 4pm

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

English & Maths GCSE at a minimum of grade C or 4
Previous experience working in an educational setting or equivalent
Previous experience working with vulnerable people
Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year
Up to date Prevent awareness training issued in the last 3 years
Up to date FGM training

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:

Hold Right to Work in the UK
Hold an enhanced child & adult barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
Provide two professional child related references

If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up to date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people are responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:

Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
In-house Training and Development Team

Contract/Position Details:About ProsperoProud to be listed in the Times as one of 'The Best Companies To Work For', Prospero Teaching is an innovative and forward-thinking recruitment agency. With over two decades of experience, our education consultants work hard to find you the most suitable role, from a wide range of teaching jobs across the UK, in thousands of excellent schools, academies, and nurseries. We are an APSCO-audited education agency, and our awards for excellence demonstrate our commitment to high-quality service and best practice.

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