Behaviour Mentor

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Job Title:       Behaviour Mentor

Location:       Medway Green School, Rochester

Salary:           £21,000 per annum 

Hours:            37.5 hours per week; 8.30am – 4.00pm, Monday to Friday

Contract:       Permanent, Term Time only

If you really want to make your mark in a rapidly growing business that is committed to improving the lives of children and young people, we have the role for you!

We now have a fantastic opportunity for a Behaviour Mentor to join Medway Green School. If you are looking to join a new, highly dedicated team in a challenging and rewarding environment, we would love to hear from you!

We welcome applicants from an array of backgrounds working with children and adults in care, school support, sports and coaching backgrounds or similar professions and training

Main Responsibilities

To be actively involved in the support and monitoring of students’ behaviour by:

• Assisting and managing the return of students back to the classroom.
• Implementing agreed strategies to manage and improve the behaviour of students in the school.
• Monitor and analyse the behaviour of students using the online behaviour management system.
• Providing an on-call response to support teaching staff, when appropriate
• Liaising with teaching staff to support teaching and learning.
• Supporting students in following the rules of the school, helping to enforce school behaviour expectations.

To assist in the organisation of a rewards system for the school and the encouragement of student responsibilities. To work with the Assistant Head teacher and Behaviour Lead to develop and promote strategies to improve behaviour throughout the school. To coach students about how to manage their emotions and feelings leading to better self-regulation and self-management.

About us

Medway Green School is a brand-new SEN provision in Wouldham, Kent. The school, when full, will facilitate up to 46 pupils aged 5-14 with a wide range of behavioural, social and emotional needs including ASC. The school site has recently undergone significant refurbishment.

Medway Green is a part of Acorn Education & Care. Acorn Education & Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable children and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

This opportunity is within commutable distance of Rochester, Maidstone and surrounding areas.

Why join Acorn Education & Care?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.