- Vacancy Reference
- JOB002155
- Job Title
- Learning Mentor
- Job Start Date
- 1 November 2024
- Salary Range
- £25,119 to £31,364 pro rata Subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
- Hours Per Week
- 36.5
- Working Pattern
- Term time only
- School Address
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Holte School
Wheeler Street
Birmingham
B19 2EL - Contact Email
- e.cashmore@holte.bham.sch.uk
- Contract Type
- Fixed term
- Period of Fixed Term Contract
- 1 year contract
- Closing Date
- 25 September 2024, 10:00am
- Job Information
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Holte School welcomes everyone. It is a calm and safe environment in which pupils learn well.
Pupils treat each other and adults with evident respect’ Ofsted October 2023
We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Learning Mentor to join our school. The successful candidate will be working with our pupils as part of the Learning Support Centre Team. Previous and/or current experience of working with children in a pastoral capacity is essential.
This is an outstanding opportunity for a talented individual to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team. The ideal candidate will be someone who is committed to working with children who need help to overcome barriers to learning both inside and outside the school, in order to achieve their full potential.
You must be reliable, positive, adaptable and committed to working with students, displaying good communications skills and a sensitivity to the needs of individual pupils. Experience of working with secondary age children would be a distinct advantage.
We offer:- enthusiastic students who are keen to learn
- quality continuous professional development
- opportunities to work in collaboration with partner schools, where available
- the chance to work alongside a large, experienced and talented team so you can learn and further develop your own career.
- a supportive Governing Board and school community.
Holte School is an oversubscribed, diverse, multi-racial, 11-18 community school and are one of only 8 schools across the country to be recognised as a ‘National IQM Inclusion Champion’ school. The school is on a shared site with both a primary and a special school. The school's ethos emphasises high quality teaching to achieve excellence and enable our students to maximise their potential. We have the highest expectations around behaviour and standards, and this is achieved through working alongside passionate and dedicated colleagues who share this vision.
Our young people are proud of the school and their community, and have high aspirations that we see reflected in their conduct and engagement. We also actively promote staff wellbeing, supporting colleagues in what is a challenging yet rewarding profession.
Please take the time to read our latest Ofsted Report (October 2023) which can be found on our school website. We hope this inspires you to visit us, as it is only by stepping into our school and meeting our students and staff, that you are able to appreciate the special place we believe this school to be and discover what a great place this is to work and be inspired to join our hard-working students and supportive and ambitious staff. Please arrange a tour of the department and school by contacting Cherise Hogan, HR Assistant, on 0121 566 4370. - This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
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How to Apply:
For further details and an application form, please download information from our website Vacancies page.
A completed non-teaching application form, recruitment monitoring form and supporting statement should be returned to hr@holte.bham.sch.uk
It is anticipated that interviews will take place soon after the closing date. - Safeguarding
- This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
- enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
- References
- All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
- Short-listed candidates
- An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
- Terms and Conditions
- BCC is a Living Wage employer.
- Rehabilitation of Offenders
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
- Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
- Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.