Behaviour Support Mentor

Longfield Academy are seeking to  appoint a Behaviour Support Mentor to join our highly successful  Academy. The role involves supporting all students in one of three  Colleges, monitoring attendance, dealing with any behaviour issues that  may arise and working with parents and other agencies to resolve  situations successfully. 

The successful candidate will form part of the  College Leadership Team, helping to make strategic decisions for the  benefit of all the College community. This role will involve a lot of  close work with individual students and as such the successful candidate  should be able to demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding  issues. 

Please consult the Job Description to gain an insight into the day to day duties and responsibilities of this role.  

In June 2014 Longfield Academy  was judged by Ofsted as a 'Good' school in all categories. Our Academy  is a friendly and calm environment where relationship building pays huge dividends. The Academy has a beautiful, £26m learning environment. Our academic results have increased rapidly. We are now heavily  over-subscribed in all years and have a large and growing Sixth Form.  The Academy also has a specialised ASD provision.

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust:  Being part of a  successful multi-academy trust allows the academy to share best practice  and collaborate with colleagues from a number of other schools in the  local area.  As part of the 'cluster' structure all of our academies are grouped together in key geographical areas to enable them to be able to support each other and share resources.  It also offers staff better  access to career opportunities as the Trust is committed to developing  and promoting from within wherever possible. For more information on  working for the Trust please visit our careers pages.

To be successful you  need to passionate about maximising the potential of young people no  matter what barriers there are to this. Ideally you would have some experience working with young people. Most importantly you will have a  strong drive to encourage students to make good choices about their  situation and future. As a Trust we feel it is important to hire for the  right attitude which is why we look for staff that are enthusiastic,  focused and resilient to the day to day pressures that working in a busy school brings.  

As a Trust we are passionate  about diversity and recognise that as individuals we all bring something  unique to the role regardless of age, gender, race, beliefs or  disabilities which is why we treat all of our people equally, without  compromise.

Closing Date: 8th November 2016

The academy is committed to safeguarding children and successful  candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.  Our commitment to  safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in  place across the Trust.