Behaviour Mentor

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

About Us

At Harris Academy Purley, our motto is ‘to learn, to think, to act', it enshrines a core tenet of our philosophy and that is that education in the classroom is only the beginning of a young person's development and of education in general. Learning can only come to fruition once it is assimilated and an individual is able to think for themselves. In turn, thought must lead to action and practical application.

A motto cannot just be a soundbite so those values and that ethos will apply to all we do and will be the foundation of the educational and extra-curricular opportunities offered to our students throughout the year.

Our students, boys and girls aged 11-19, deserve nothing less than an outstanding education and our aim is to make sure that our students of today are prepared for whatever challenges await them in the future. For that to happen, our staff must be experts in their field and must always encourage individuals to reach their potential. The curriculum is designed so that students, regardless of starting points, will thrive in an educational environment where the rigours and demands of the different subjects are embraced and taught in a supportive manner without compromising the academic challenges needed for success at all key stages.

We expect our students to be polite, mature, enthusiastic and demonstrate exemplary behaviour and they understand that we work together as team. They also understand the role they play in the quality of the school and are as integral to our success as every member of staff.

Although our exam results speak for themselves, at both GCSE and Sixth Form, we never rest on previous success and each year we aim to improve the quality of everything we do here at Harris Academy Purley.

Our sporting, music, art and creative facilities are first class and after a difficult couple of years when many of our extra-curricular activities were necessarily curtailed, we are excited to once again offer a full programme of events and enrichment for all our students.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Behaviour for Learning

• To support the consistent implementation of the academy Behaviour for Learning policy.
• To be responsible for the calm and purposeful entrance and exit of students into/out of the academy, this to include organising line-ups where appropriate.
• To work with the other members of the behaviour team as a unit to ensure students are monitored and supervised before school, during break and throughout lunch;
• To be responsible for calm and purposeful movement around the academy between lessons.
• Managing detentions every afternoon.
• To act as the liaison between the academy and the local community (including the Police) for any aspect of behaviour issues arising during the academy day eg, truancy sweeps, liaising with local shopkeepers.
• Overseeing the entrance of students into the breakfast club in line with the agreed system;
• Ensuring that students enter the building in full academy uniform and if not, following the agreed procedures;
• Ensuring that faculty points are awarded as appropriate;
• Ensuring that follow up action is taken for students failing to meet academy standards particularly outside lessons;
• To design and deliver, in consultation with the academy Leadership Group, a variety of agreed enrichment and sporting activities making maximum use of the academy facilities.
• To follow through any issues to do with behaviour as required by the academy Leadership Group, for example, taking student statements regarding incidents and passing these on to relevant colleagues.
• To mentor students on PSPs, supporting successful achievement of targets and contributing to meetings/ reports in relation to student progress on PSP. This may include supporting in lessons as appropriate.
• To prepare student's files for governor's disciplinary panels or exclusion hearings.
• To present reports of student's progress to PSP review meetings.
• To ensure that all issues that relate to student safety such as allegations of bullying are passed on to academy colleagues, in a timely manner, for further investigation as required.
• To liaise with the local community, including the Police, including dealing with incidents received by the academy, such as student identification, investigating incidents outside the academy, and ensuring that all statements/records are passed on to the relevant academy staff.
• To be responsible for supervising students internally excluded;
• To liaise with the AP for behaviour to deliver the curriculum offer for the students attending the exclusion centre and the re-integration back into mainstream lessons;
• To liaise with teaching staff to ensure appropriate work is set and appropriate provision is in place.
• To liaise with parents/ carers and relevant APs and subject staff to ensure smooth transition to and from internal exclusion;
• To be responsible for maintaining a calm and purposeful learning environment;
• To follow-up on any truancy or attendance concerns;
• To reduce potential permanent exclusion by offering an alternative curriculum which includes rigorous behaviour for learning intervention.

Management of Room

• To provide the students with very clear expectations of conduct, in line with those for all academy students;
• To ensure that follow up action is taken for students failing to meet academy code of conduct while internally excluded;
• To follow through any issues to do with behaviour as required by the academy Leadership Group, for example, taking student statements regarding incidents and passing these on to relevant colleagues.

Qualifications & Experience

Qualifications, Knowledge & Training

• 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

Experience

• 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