Therapeutic Mentor

Job Tile:     Therapeutic Mentor

Location:    New Perspectives School, Birmingham 

Salary:    £24,432 - £26,975 annum dependent on experience and qualifications 

Closing Date:  28/4/2023 

Hours of work: full time 37.5 per week - term-time only plus training days 

Contract type: Permanent 

Enhanced DBS Check Required: Yes 

Are you looking for a new full time Pastoral role which will challenge you and give you new skills?  

This is an exciting time to join Care Perspectives Ltd as we look forward to the opening of our new SEN School (New Perspectives School) and continue to expand and grow our provision in the West Midlands.  

New Perspectives School is a small independent SEMH specialist day school for key stage 2-5, catering for students with social emotional and mental health difficulties who may have a range of complex needs. New Perspectives School is looking for a number of support staff to join our growing team. We recognise that working with young people with SEND can be challenging and a full programme of training and support is offered. We would expect you to adopt creative, innovative, and highly personalised approaches to engaging young people in learning and enabling them to make progress and have a new perspective to education.  

This is a joyful and rewarding job and one where you can really make a difference to the lives of young people and their families. 

Applications are welcomed from experienced Therapeutic Mentor who have experience of working directly with children or young people in any setting and who are willing to work with others as part of a strong team.  

Job Description 

• To lead on co-ordinating appropriate interventions for pupils who need therapeutic support
• To follow all safeguarding procedures and to work closely with child protection leads to ensure identified students are closely monitored. 
• To contribute ideas to the development and improvement of pastoral support assisted by information and experiences of good practice in other establishments 
• To work 1-1 with pupils delivering a range of therapeutic strategies and resources
• Monitor and record therapeutic sessions and the pupil progress
• To provide intervention strategies to students who experience barriers to their learning. 
• To liaise with relevant colleagues to agree appropriate mentoring for any disadvantaged or disaffected students not already identified and/or those at risk of disengagement. 
• To work with identified vulnerable students and any others requiring support. 
• To work with students and in partnership with parents, appropriate staff and other agencies to bring about improved behaviour and attendance at school. 
• To challenge and motivate pupils, promote and reinforce self-esteem, and support students’ access to learning using appropriate strategies and resources 
• To support and mentor pupils who are consistently making poor choices to resolve issues that are creating barriers to learning. 
• Calm and diffuse difficult situations involving students, staff and parents/carer’s 
• To encourage students to become more actively involved in school life including charity and community work 

The ideal candidate will: 

• Be an experienced Therapeutic Mentor in a school environment 
• Be experienced in using a range of resources to support pupils, such as Lego Therapy
• Be able to use own initiative to plan supportive activities for pupils
• Experienced and confident in dealing with challenging behaviour 
• Have completed training on counselling young people
• Experienced in using a range of strategies and interventions to re-engage pupils into learning and address negative behaviour 
• Experience in working with pupils with SEN and EBD 
• Experienced in supporting pupils to address their behaviour 
• Experience engaging with parents/carers 
• Experience in using school MIS and safeguarding systems 
• Knowledge of most recent KCSIE updates 
• Have a nurturing manner, be non judgemental and sympathetic to pupils with a range of behavioural, emotional and learning difficulties
• Be able to relate to pupils with a wide range of abilities and often from diverse social backgrounds
• Jointly develop plans to help pupils overcome barriers to accessing education and overcome barriers to achieving their full potential
• Experience in working with external agencies. 
• Be of strong character with a resilient attitude and a calm manner 
• Safeguard all students in our School. 
• Engage in ongoing CPD. 
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Here are just some of the benefits of working for us: 

• Rewarding work helping our Children and young people reach their potential.  
• Friendly, small passionate school community  
• Career development opportunities to help you reach your own personal development 
• Competitive salary  
• We offer a structured 2-week induction programme including face to face training, online modules 
• Free DBS check 
• Free school lunch  
• Recommend a friend referral scheme with financial rewards 
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme 
• Company Pension scheme 

How to apply: Application forms can be requested,

please email c.dhir@careperspectives.co.uk or call us on 07897 551992. Please note that CVs are not accepted. 

Safeguarding: This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks in line with Safer Recruitment, including:  

Teaching: Enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  

References: All applicants will be required to provide at least two suitable referees  

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.  

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