Inclusion Room Mentor
Kingsbury Green Academy
Salary: Grade F £23,194 - £24,496 (depending on experience) FTE | Actual Salary: £9,173 pro rata
Part time • Permanent • 38 weeks per year • Term time only • Monday-Friday, 12:30pm to 4:00pm
Kingsbury Green Academy, judged as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in every category when inspected in April 2022, is part of the successful Ascend Learning Trust. We are an ambitious, forward thinking 11-18 years Academy situated in a beautiful location on the outskirts of Calne in Wiltshire.
We are looking for a calm and hard-working individual to engage positively with students in our Internal Exclusion room, embedding school values, attitudes and to promote high levels of achievement and behaviour. You will maintain appropriate standards of pupil behaviour in accordance with Academy policy. Additionally, you will ensure that the Internal Exclusion Room procedures are adhered to, and the environment is maintained to a good standard.
Enthusiasm and a strong presence are essential and ideally candidates should have experience of working with young people, either in a pastoral capacity e.g., as a TA or Mentor or in a teaching/tutoring capacity. There will be a strong emphasis on restorative work and positive re-engagement with the students to enable them to maximise their learning in school. Extensive support and training will be offered.
If you feel that this position is of interest and you have the right experience, skills and are ready for fresh challenges, with the ambition to make a real impact, then we’d like to hear from you.
Closing date: 9:00am, Thursday 2 February 2023
Interview date: week commencing 6 February 2023
Please note that this vacancy will close early if enough applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application should you be interested. If you have not heard from us by the interview date you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer feedback on individual applications that are not shortlisted for interview.
Ascend Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual-orientation or religion.
Please note any position that involves working with children requires declaration of ALL convictions/cautions regardless of whether these are deemed as spent and a DBS check will be carried out before any employment commences.
In line with KCSIE 2022 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further guidance and will be asked to clarify their online presence.
References will be obtained before interview at shortlisting stage and may be used in the interview process. If previous employment has included working with children, then at least one referee must be from this employment, regardless of whether this is the current or most recent employment, any gaps in employment must be detailed and an explanation provided in the relevant section.
