- Vacancy Reference
- JOB003228
- Job Title
- Learning Mentor
- Job Start Date
- 28 April 2025
- Salary Range
- £26,409 to £32,654 pro rata Subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
- Hours Per Week
- 36.5
- Working Pattern
- Banked hours
- School Address
-
Elms Farm Community Primary School
Dorncliffe Avenue
Birmingham
B33 0PJ
Telephone number: 0121 464 4634 - Contact Email
- recruitment@elmsfarm.org
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Closing Date
- 26 March 2025, midday
- Job Information
-
Elms Farm Community Primary School is looking for a caring and pro-active learning mentor to support our children to achieve their best and help to support their welfare.
At our school:
- pupils are happy and safe
- they are extremely well behaved in school
- there is a positive culture where everyone is encouraged to be kind and help one another
- pupils enjoy learning at this rapidly improving school
- the values of ambition, equality and community are at the heart of this school s work
- Ofsted September 2021
We have an established pastoral team who provide daily support for pupils & families throughout the school. Our learning mentor will work directly with pupils to support their holistic development and provide targeted support for families through Early Help.
We are looking for:- somebody who is passionate about the pastoral care of pupils, including those with additional needs
- someone with experience supporting a range of pupils across the primary phase
- a confident practitioner, able to support our families and engage the community in wider school events
- an organised, innovative, confident practitioner with good interpersonal skills
- a practitioner who understands safeguarding procedures
- 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
Please download Information Pack and completed application forms should be returned to: recruitment@elmsfarm.org.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.
- 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.