Learning Mentor

Learning Mentor

Start Date: June 2024

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 36.5 hours per week, term time only

Salary: Support Staff Scale Grade 3 (9-22), full time equivalent salary range £23,194p.a. - £29,439p.a. but after pro-rata the actual salary range is £19,199 - £23,099p.a.

Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement

Success through Endeavour

Ambition through Challenge

Strength through Diversity

Erdington Hall Primary School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced and qualified Learning Mentor to support the social, emotional and mental health well-being of our students who are experiencing difficulties in these areas. You will have a working knowledge of SEMH and associated difficulties and ideally have experience of supporting students within a primary school setting. Your role will include: one to one mentoring and support to improve academic progress and learning; liaising closely with colleagues, families and outside agencies and monitoring behaviour and attendance of the identified groups. 

Erdington Hall is one of the family of schools in Summit Learning Trust. At Erdington Hall we are continually developing ways to ensure our children have the best possible opportunities to be successful. We recognise that through an enriched, varied curriculum, children are challenged. We also ask that children challenge themselves and aspire to be the very best they can be. You will be part of a very supportive team whose successful aim is to help students reach their full potential within this forward-looking school. For a full description of the role and person specification, please see the accompanying documents.

About our school

Erdington Hall is part of Summit Learning Trust comprising Erdington Hall itself, Ninestiles School, Cockshut Hill School, four primary schools and the Sixth Form College Solihull. The leadership at Erdington Hall is progressive and has the vision, drive and support to lead the school on a journey of excellence, with staff that have a passion for teaching and learning. Join us and you will be part of an improving school with a strong team ethos. We believe in working collaboratively, sharing ideas and supporting each other to achieve great things.

Why work for us?

We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:

- Employee assistance programme

- High quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression

- Wellbeing Advocates

- Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme

- Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare Vouchers

- Generous employer pension schemes

Visits to the Academy are encouraged. Please contact (0121 464 3122) to arrange this.

Closing Date: Friday 12th April 2024 

Interviews to be held week commencing: Monday 22nd April 2024

We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s barred list check. Online searches of shortlisted candidates will also be conducted.  Our policy is available to view here https://summitlearningtrust.org.uk/our-trust/statutory-information/policies-statements/