Subject Support Mentor
The JCB Academy
Rocester
- £22,408 - £27,671 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Actual salary for term time working
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 21/08/2024
- Apply by:
- 11 July 2024
Job overview
Would you like to work in an academy which is committed to changing the lives of young people by developing them into the engineers and business leaders of the future? If so, We currently have opportunities to join our dedicated team of Subject Support Mentors who work within either a subject team (Business, Engineering, English Mathematics, Science ) or our inclusion/SEND team.
The JCB Academy is committed to changing the lives of young people by developing them into the engineers and business leaders of the future. Working in your assigned team, you will support disadvantaged learners from Y9, Y10 and Y11 to make progress. You will also provide classroom support for learners with specific learning needs and Education Health Care Plans. In addition, you will act as mentor to a group of mentees across the three year groups. You will need to be able to understand learners’ barriers and the strategies which will ensure they are best supported to grow in confidence, make positive progress and achieve academic results which secure their next steps. Other duties will include lunchtime supervision (for which you will receive a duty meal), exam invigilation and supervising cover lessons for absent teaching staff.
This role offers excellent CPD, wonderful learners, an innovative education vision and an opportunity to work in a unique environment with fantastic facilities.
This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a criminal record self-declaration
The JCB Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check which will include a check of the Children’s Barred List.
About The JCB Academy
The JCB Academy is a school specialising in business and engineering. We teach learners from Y9 to Sixth Form and provide Intermediate (L2) and Advanced (L3) apprenticeship programmes as well as Business and Engineering T-Levels which provide additional choices post-GCSE.
Our approach pairs classroom learning with practical application, and we have an impressive range of world-class industry partners who help with that. JCB, of course, but also including Bosch Rexroth, Harper Adams University, Rolls-Royce and Toyota Motor Manufacturing. Names that can turn heads with learners and lock in their learning engagement.
We aim to change lives by developing the engineers and business leaders of the future. We do this by:
· Working closely with our world-leading industrial partners.
· Having dedicated staff who inspire our learners.
· Ensuring every learner has a meaningful destination.
We work tirelessly to ensure that those entrusted into our care have every chance to achieve success. It is important that learners achieve well academically to ensure that they can compete in the marketplace for higher education places and employment. It is also important that we work to develop those core skills essential for success, not just in the world of work but also in life. The JCB Academy looks to ensure that all learning enables young people to develop:
· Can do/positive attitudes.
· The desire to achieve through actions.
· Creative and enterprising behaviours.
· A willingness to learn in the pursuit of technical and academic excellence.
· Team work and leadership capability.
We have high expectations of each and every learner who will join us. Great store is placed upon self-discipline, good behaviour, uniform, teamwork and co-operation. These traditional values are at the heart of all we undertake at The JCB Academy.
We offer first class career development, excellent CPD, wonderful learners, an innovative education vision, great links to industry and higher education and an opportunity to work in a unique environment with fantastic facilities. There are also plenty of opportunities for staff to organise exciting trips and activities linked to our curriculum, to get involved in extra-curricular enrichment days and to participate in residential trips both in the UK and overseas.
Our staff benefits package includes an Employee Assistance Programme (including financial guidance, legal enquiries, support for issues at home and at work), interest free financing through BHN Extras to buy the latest technology through salary deductions, discounted shopping with over 85 big-name retailers and discounted gift cards and eGifts, access to JCB’s dental scheme (monthly fee), free access to the academy’s gym, free on-site parking, Cycle scheme and paid time off for significant birthdays.
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