St. Georges Church School

Pastures Avenue, St Georges,

Weston-super-Mare BS22 7SA

England

Tel. no. 01934 426901 Fax no. 01934 426876

e-mail: office @stgeorgesbwmat.org

Learning Mentor JG5Person Specification

Essential / Desirable
Relevant Qualifications /
  • Childcare/NVQ qualification Level 3
  • GCSEs in Maths and English (or equivalent)
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  • Further qualifications in support of the work of a Learning Mentor such as Level 4 NVQ (Learning Mentor) or counselling.

Work Related Experience /
  • Proven recent successful experience working within a primary school setting.

Relevant Experience /
  • Ability to deliver programmes of work aimed at fostering social skills.
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  • Experience of a range of Social Skills programmes.

Key areas for Learning Mentor /
  • Experience in building positive, helpful relationships and communicating effectively with pupils and their families or carers.
  • Experience of working with children with attachment needs
  • Experience of supporting pupil’s Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs
  • Experience of working in collaboration with outside agencies to ensure pupil’s Social, Emotional, Mental Health and Well-being.
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  • Knowledge of the outside agencies who are able to provide support to families
  • Knowledge of a wide range of strategies used to support pupil’s Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs.

Key Skills and Attributes /
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with both adults and young people
  • Ability to work 1 to 1 withpupils
  • Ability to work with small groups of pupils
  • Ability to plan, deliver, observe, evaluate, and report the impact and progress of programmes of work
  • Ability towork in collaboration with the SENCO, teachers and outside agencies, including advisory teachers, Educational Psychologists and CAMHS.
  • Good level of literacy and numeracy skills.
  • Good level of word processing skills
  • Good people skills and sensitivity to the needs of others
  • Ability to be a patient, supportive listening ear
  • Able to work as a team member but also work independently at other times.
  • Ability to oversee and develop the Social, Emotional, Mental Health and Well-being of pupils during morning and lunchtime playtimes.
  • Have the ability to develop and maintain good relationships with the whole school community and the wider community partnerships.
  • Have the ability to plan time effectively and organise oneself well.
  • Have self-confidence enthusiasm and integrity.
  • A sound knowledge of basic word processing
  • Enhanced DBS clearance before commencement of post.
  • Fully supportive references.
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  • Ability to plan, deliver and evaluate the Family SEAL programme
  • Ability to plan, deliver and evaluate friendship and nurture groups
  • Ability to share knowledge and training with the whole school staff

ChurchSchool Ethos /
  • An ability and commitment to develop and maintain the Christian ethos of the school.
  • Fully supportive of the aims and ethos of St.Georges Church school.

Continuous
Professional Development /
  • Have undertaken a balanced programme of relevant courses.
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  • Further courses relevant to the role of Learning Mentor

Please indicate clearly in your letter of application how your experience and skills would enable you to support the Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs of pupils at St.Georges.

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