Sixth Form Learning Mentor

Do you have experience with mentoring? Join our thriving academy and support our students. We are currently looking to appoint an experienced Sixth Form Learning Mentor to join us at Harris Academy Chobham.

About Us

Chobham Academy is always on the lookout for inspirational and influential staff. Most of all, we are on the lookout for potential colleagues who like our students and want to help them succeed. In order to help our staff have the best possible experience and achieve a proper work- life balance, we have put into place a range of measures to benefit both our teaching and students services colleagues.

We place high emphasis on staff wellbeing at Chobham. This helps colleagues to be happier and more effective in their work. Staff are regularly consulted about their wellbeing and the outcomes of these consultations have a direct and rapid impact upon the Academy's approach to supporting staff wellbeing.

Our staff are regularly consulted on the wellbeing services the school provides and we always try to respond to staff suggestions. In this way, staff feel empowered and get more of the services they really want. We are very proud of our wellbeing programme at Chobham and hope you will agree that it shows our commitment to making the school an exemplary working environment.

Main Areas of Responsibility

We are looking for a learning mentor to join the Sixth Form team to support with maintaining a positive learning environment for all Sixth Form students during the academic day.

The purpose of your role will be:

• To be responsible for the calm and purposeful entrance and exit of students into/out of the Academy.
• To be responsible for calm and purposeful movement of Sixth Form students transitioning between lessons/break/lunch.
• To be responsible for maintaining a calm and purposeful learning environment by supporting the Sixth Form team with timetabled guided learning sessions during the school day.
• Managing punctuality and behaviours reflections as per the Sixth Form reflection schedule and rota.
• To carry out daily Sixth Form duties.
• To supervise Sixth Form guided learning sessions, supporting students to work independently and complete independent study tasks and meet subject deadlines.
• To supportand mentor students failing to meet their academic targets.
• To support the learning of students, both in lessons and during independent study.
• To support the Sixth Form team and behaviour team with student behaviour around the academy and respond to any sixth form related incident.
• To support Sixth Form students in their personal and social development.
• To support the cover manager with Sixth Form lesson supervision in the absence of subject teachers.
• Ensuring that follow up action is takenfor students failing to meet Sixth Form standards.
• To follow through any issues to do with Sixth Form behaviour incidents as required by the Academy Leadership Group, for example, taking student statements regarding incidents and passing these on to relevant colleagues, logging behaviour events on Bromcom, CPOMs, etc.
• To mentor underachieving students to support with improvements to attainment.
• To mentor students with poor attendance/punctuality.
• To support students with their independent learning and setting of good independent study routines.

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will have:

• Two years' experience of working in an inner city school or educational establishment
• Experience of dealing successfully with a range of behaviour issues
• Experience of working with staff to ensure excellent behaviour for learning
• Experience of working with families
• Experience of supervising a group of students for detentions, referral and internal exclusion as appropriate
• Experience of working with challenging students and finding ways in which we can meet their needs more successfully
• GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above, or equivalent
• Knowledge of the academy behaviour for learning policy
• Knowledge of the range of barriers to learning that students face
• Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
• Basic knowledge of first aid; e.g. emergency first aid course

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan including access to a virtual GP, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for staff who work across the full year, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.