Professional Standards & Behaviour Improvement Mentor

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS & BEHAVIOUR IMPROVEMENT MENTOR                       

Start date: October 2024

Term time only plus 5 days

Full time 36 hours per week

Salary: Band F- NJC Points 12-19 (£26,421 - £29,777)

Actual salary £22,927 - £25,839

The Governors of Stanley High School wish to appoint a Professional Standards & Behaviour Improvement Mentor to join our oversubscribed school for September 2024.

To supervise, support and provide work for students sent to Reflection and Restore (R&R) for disrupting the learning of others. This will be for serious misbehaviour where the normal disciplinary procedures are not considered appropriate. Students who have reached Stage 4 on the ‘Behaviour for Learning’ system. To supervise. support and provide work for students sent to Reflection and internally isolated.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

IMPLEMENTATION

Specific Responsibilities

§ Supervise students sent to R&R and co-ordinate appropriate work for students.

§ Ensure the environment is purposeful and dedicated to appropriate restorations.

§ To support students in reflecting on their choices and enabling them to return to lesson with a positive and constructive frame of mind.

§ Devise and implement a system for storing learning resources for student use.

§ Keep accurate records of students sent to R&R and provide data to Head of Years every week and Subject Leaders and the Leadership Team every term.

§ Appropriate communication and liaising with parents/carers, Head of Year, Pastoral Leaders, and the Leadership team.

§ Keep the area organised, equipped and generally tidy.

§ To undertake other duties as may reasonably be required within the general terms of the job description. This may include from time to time, taking statements from students, 1:1 mentoring and inputting data.

§ To escalate to SLT if expectations in Reflection are not met.

§ Manage the daily running of the reflection base, organising resources, setting. expectations and liaising with teaching staff to provide work for students.

§ Develop positive relationships with students to identify potential barriers to learning.

§ Work with pastoral teams to support students with reflective and restorative practice.

§ Co-ordinate appropriate intervention for students where necessary.

§ Work in partnership with the Assistant Headteacher to support behaviour systems.

General Responsibilities

§ Establish good working relationship with students, acting as a role model.

§ Be aware of, and respond appropriately to, individual students need ensuring effective intervention.

§ Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students.

§ Be aware of, and comply with, school policies and procedures, particularly in relation to Child Protection, Health and Safety, security, confidentiality, and Data Protection.

§ Contribute to the school ethos, aims and improvement plan.

§ Opportunities provided for professional development, with time allocated to work with various departments across school.

 Professional development:

§ To take responsibility for personal professional development.

§ To take part, as appropriate, in the school’s professional development programme.

§ To engage actively in the Performance Management Review process.

§ To evaluate own personal performance through self-evaluation and learn from the effective practice of others and from evidence Professional Development.

§ To take responsibility for personal professional development.

§ To take part, as appropriate, in the school’s professional development programme.

§ To engage actively in the Performance Management Review process.

§ To evaluate own personal performance through self-evaluation and learn from the effective practice of others and from evidence.

Professional Values and Practice:

§ To support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for the personal and academic growth of students.

§ To provide a role model through their personal and professional conduct.

§ To work as a member of designated teams and contribute positively to effective working relations within the school.

§ To be proficient in the application of literacy, numeracy.

§ To safeguard the health and safety of all students both on the school’s premises and when engaged in authorised activities elsewhere.

§ Contribute to the effective running of the school.

 

This job description will be reviewed annually and may be subject to amendment or modification at any time after consultation with the post holder. It is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks but sets out the main expectations of the school in relation to the post holder’s professional responsibilities and duties.

The above responsibilities are subject to the general duties and responsibilities contained in the statement of conditions of employment.

This job description allocates duties and responsibilities but does not direct the amount of time to be spent on carrying them out and no part of it may be so construed. This job description is not necessarily a

comprehensive definition of the post. It will be reviewed at least once a year, and it may be subject to modification or amendment at any time after consultation with the holder of the post.

Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors to the school.