Reflection Room Lead & Behaviour Mentor

Do you have experience in supporting school welfare? We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Progress and Reflection Room Lead & Behaviour Mentor to join our strong and committed team at Harris Academy Chobham.

About Us

Harris Academy Chobham 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.

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

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supervising students who are internally excluded
• Designing, structuring and developing the curriculum on offer for the students attending the reflection room and the re-integration back into mainstream lessons
• Liaising with teaching staff to ensure appropriate work is set and appropriate provision is in place
• Liaising with parents/ carers and relevant HoYs, APs and subject staff to ensure smooth transition to and from internal exclusion
• Maintaining a calm and purposeful learning environment
• Following up on any truancy or attendance concerns
• Reducing potential permanent exclusion by offering an alternative curriculum which includes rigorous behaviour for learning intervention
• Being a role model for the students in the reflection room
• Mentoring students needing extra pastoral support to access the curriculum
• Supporting the consistent implementation of the academy Behaviour for Learning policy
• Managing the calm and purposeful entrance and exit of students into/out of the academy, including organising line-ups where appropriate, and around the academy between lessons
• Working with other members of the pastoral team to ensure students are monitored and supervised before school, during break and throughout lunch
• Managing after school reflections

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• GCSE qualifications in English and Mathematics at Grade C/4 or above
• A level qualification(s) or equivalent
• Understanding of the importance of students achieving their full potential
• Working with a range of students with behaviour needs
• Good knowledge of working with parents/carers/external agencies and delivering intervention programmes to individual groups of students
• Commitment to raising student aspirations
• Be able to work in a flexible way
• Sensitivity to complex situations
• Energy and enthusiasm to improve the learning of all students
• Good communication skills
• Effective skills to relate to young people, often with complex needs
• Confidence and presence in communicating and working with young people

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Next Steps

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.

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, 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, an online search, 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.