Behaviour Mentor - East London Primary School

Challenging Behaviour Mentor

One of our schools in Newham is currently look to recruit a Behaviour Mentor to join their team as soon as possible to help a KS2 student with Challenging Behaviour.

The Role:

A Behaviour Mentor is a tailored intervention role and is designed to help pupils reach their full potential whilst keeping them in schools instead of them being referred to Pupil Referral Units, SEND Schools or Alternative Provisions. As a Behaviour Mentor, your role will be helping challenging students overcome their behavioural issues, whilst acting as a role model and someone to look up to. A Behaviour Mentor works on a full time basis supporting student's behaviour and learning inside and outside of the class, this is primarily a class based position however it's very likely you will end up doing 1:1 withdrawal sessions at some stage in order to maintain the progress of student's behaviour and learning.

The Candidate:

We are looking for a candidate who has the ability to inspire all those around them. We want an individual who has a passion for making a difference in the life of disadvantaged children. Although not necessary, we believe candidates with experiences in the following areas would be excellent applicants for the Behaviour Mentor role:

*SEN

*Challenging Behaviour / Behaviour Management

*Learning Support

*SEMH

*Sport Coaching

*Teaching Assistant

What We Can Offer you:

* A specialist recruitment consultant who will help place you in your ideal role in a location close to your home

* A great chance for career progression and the chance to get some experience before doing a PGCE

* The opportunity to be an inspirational role model and mentor to a disadvantaged young person.

* Continuing professional development courses such as Team Teach, Child Protection more.

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