Learning Mentor (Thrive)

Craven Primary Academy are looking to appoint a Learning Mentor to join our academy in January 2024 on a temporary, part time basis.  

This role is temporary with potential to move to permanent in future.

Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? If so, this could be the role for you. 

Your new role  

As a Learning Mentor, you will provide support and guidance to children and young people by removing barriers to learning in order to promote effective participation in learning opportunities, enhance individual learning, raise aspirations and achieve full potential.

Craven’s mission is to help children become more emotionally resilient and better placed to engage with life and learning. With this in mind we have fully embraced Thrive as a whole school approach. 

The Thrive approach offers a whole setting approach to supporting the social and emotional development of all children. It involves identifying and addressing the needs of pupils, and creating an environment that removes barriers to learning. 

The successful applicant will work under the direction of the SENCO and SLT to deliver Thrive interventions in one to one and small groups situations. In addition to supporting vulnerable pupils in both learning and social settings.  

There is an expectation the applicant’s ethos will be fully aligned to this approach, so they are able to support the leadership team to champion and role model. The post holder needs to be able to demonstrate emotional intelligence, resilience and empathy to foster the understanding, skills and positive relationships needed to develop and sustain healthy social and emotional wellbeing in our academy. 

There may be a training opportunity for the right candidate.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you. 

Your new school 

With 210 pupils aged between 3 and 11 housed in our academy, Craven is a friendly and vibrant place that serves the community of the Drypool ward, but many children from further afield attend because of our excellent reputation. We are a popular choice of school for the community, and each year our reception is heavily oversubscribed. We pride ourselves on the high levels of academic standards that our children reach, but also the responsible young citizens they develop into during their time with us.  

Why join us? 

Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust’s success story.  

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.  

We offer an extensive range of opportunities, incentives and benefits with this post including:

·        Holiday Entitlement. Minimum 35 days (subject to pro rata if working part time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.

·        Financial.  offering unlimited access to a huge range of discounts on holidays, days out, retailer and cashback deals inc. Curry’s, John Lewis, Tesco and B&Q to name but a few.

·        Lifestyle and Wellbeing. discounted & flexible gym memberships, eye care vouchers, cycle 2 work/Technology scheme, free annual flu jab and 24/7 access to a market leading Employee Assistance Programme providing expert information specialist advisors trained by Citizens Advice and access to professionally qualified counsellors accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

·        Motoring. access to an employee vehicle leasing scheme*, discounted vehicle repairs and discounts on car/van hire.

·        Pension, excellent employer/employee contributory pension scheme with the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

·        Personal and professional, we offer a range of training and development opportunities for you to grow and develop.

*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained. 

For more information and to apply for this position please visit our website at https://www.deltatrust.org.uk/careers-with-delta/

Visits to the academy would be warmly welcomed by appointment. Please contact the academy to arrange your visit on 01482 761323.

In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process. 

The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.

Delta Academies Trust undertake to treat all applicants for posts fairly and not to discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff who voluntarily reveal that they have a criminal conviction. Equally, we will not discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff where a Disclosure and Barring Service check reveals a criminal conviction or other information about offences.

Therefore, we will consider job applicants who have a criminal record based on their skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and, where needed, qualifications and training. However, our approach depends on the job, and whether it is covered by, or exempt from, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. However, it is important to note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may limit the numbers of interviews offered to people with and without a disability.

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