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Behaviour Mentor -The Atrium - an SEMH Enhanced Provision
Hours: 24 hours per week
Working pattern: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday (8.30am - 3.00pm with a 30 minute break)
39 weeks per year (which includes five INSET days). You will be paid for 44.65 weeks per year
Band: 2 - 3 depending on experience
Band 2 non-thrive trained and limited experience with pupils with SEMH needs
Band 3 Thrive trained or experience working with pupils with SEMH needs
Salary: from £24,733 to £27,975 full time equivalent including fringe allowance (pro-rata). Salary negotiable depending on skills and experience.
Actual salary range from £13,738.42 to £15,539.25 per annum depending on skills and experience
We are looking for an energetic, patient and empathetic HLTA or LSA to join us as a Behaviour Mentor. This role will involve working with pupils attending The Atrium. Working with a supportive team of Senior Teachers and Behaviour Mentors.
What we do
The Atrium is an SEMH Enhanced Provision. We work with parents and carers, mainstream schools and outside agencies to build a team of support around our pupils.
Together we work towards pupils' reintegration back into a fulltime, mainstream setting or SEMH specialist school. We adopt a therapeutic approach to supporting pupils and our practice is informed by the latest trauma informed research.
The role and candidate
We are looking for someone who is caring, creative, resilient, and able to build morale in sometimes very challenging circumstances. This is an opportunity to join a great team and change outcomes for young vulnerable people, their families and the wider community.
A typical week would involve: planning activities as part of a team, 1:1 academic support, joining in and leading small group activities, working with specialist teachers to develop supportive strategies and lots of supportive learning and play. A love of reading, creativity and great sense of humour is essential.
If you are passionate about making a difference to the most vulnerable pupils in our community, can think creatively and build positive and trusting relationships then we would love to hear from you.
Successful applicants will be required to meet the criteria within the person specification to be considered for this position. There are excellent opportunities for training and after the first year you will become a licenced Thrive trained practitioner.
An informal discussion or visit can be scheduled ahead of application. Please contact Graham Head, Head of Enhanced Provision: g.head@heartsacademy.uk
Atrium landline: 01268 387590
For all vacancies at HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website: https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/vacancies/
How to apply
It is very important that the HEARTS application form is completed in full, particularly section F which refers to references. We must have the full contact details of two referees, including their name, address, telephone number and email address.
Please note that we will write to the Headteacher for all education references. Incomplete application forms will not be considered. CVs are not accepted.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date should we have enough suitable applications, therefore we advise applying early.
HEARTS Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and will not discriminate against any applicant on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race. For this reason, all application forms are anonymised before shortlisting takes place to ensure applicants are considered only on the relevant qualifications, skills and experience that are profiled on the application form and personal statement.
If you would like any support or assistance at any stage of your application process, please contact recruitment@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 572672. We will be happy to discuss this with you.
Why choose HEARTS Academy Trust as your new employer?
The HEARTS way of working is based on our values of happiness, self-esteem, achievement, respect and responsibility, truth and service, all of which are embedded within each of our schools.
HEARTS Academy Trust offers a comprehensive rewards and benefits package to all colleagues, including but not limited to:
· Pension schemes (LGPS/TPS)
· Professional development opportunities
· Access to our trust Counsellor
· Access to our Mental Health First Aid team
· Additional week's leave during October
· Excellent CPD opportunities with purposeful training, including trust-wide twilights
· Supportive leadership and opportunities to collaborate across the trust
· On request, and if appropriate, flexible working
HEARTS Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form, satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children's barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered 'protected' and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
All applicants can view a copy of our Records Retention Policy on the Trust website, the policy sets out how we will gather, process and hold personal data of individuals during and after the recruitment process.
For further information about the HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website at: http://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
Information about the School
HEARTS is a small innovative Academy Trust of six primary schools and an alternative provision for pupils with SEMH challenges. All provisions are based in the south of Essex. Our values are central to all that we do. We work tirelessly to ensure that happiness and hope, self-esteem, achievement, respect and responsibility, truth, spirituality and service are embedded into the curriculum. Our pupils are well-rounded individuals who are ready to face the challenges offered to them. These values are at the heart of all we do and fundamental to our working relationships as well as our pupils' learning. We have high expectations of our employees and offer support and continued development opportunities for all. We expect our employees to live the HEARTS values in their work and relationships with other employees and the community.
The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview. A copy of the trusts Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/policies
We can offer you:
an excellent CPD entitlement with purposeful training, including trust-wide twilights throughout the year
a two-week October half-term
supportive colleagues who want to provide the best possible opportunities for their pupils
a highly effective learning environment
a responsive and involved leadership team
the HEARTS four-day face-to-face teaching week model whereby all teachers in the trust receive 20% non-contact time. This goes above and beyond the national entitlement of 10% PPA.
a school with a highly positive culture that supports all staff; mental health, workload and wellbeing are at the forefront of our vision and values
access to our school counsellor and network of Mental Health and Wellbeing champions
For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website: www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk