Pastoral Mentor – De-Escalation and Engagement

Highfields College

Essex Road

Brinnington

Stockport

SK5 8DR

susan.ryan@highfieldscollege.org.uk

Job Title: Pastoral Mentor –  De-Escalation and Engagement   

Salary: Scale 5 point 12 £26,421-pro rata actual salary £20,295

Hours: 32.5 Hours per week (excluding 30 minutes lunch break)

Working Pattern: Monday -Friday- Term time only + 5 Inset days

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: 12. noon Friday 3^rd May 2024

Start Date: As soon as possible

Highfields college have an exciting opportunity for a Pastoral and De-escalation mentor.

This role will involve primarily supporting KS3 and 4 pupils, who have been permanently excluded from mainstream, to access learning and education.

The successful candidate will work day-to-day as a mentor for a form group of pupils, becoming one of their key adults.

Within this role you will support the pupils both academically and emotionally, using strong relationships to ensure our pupils are attending lessons, engaged, interacting respectfully, approaching situations with an open mind and using their time productively.

Everyone at Highfields believes in the fundamental worth of each student. Every single student is provided with a wide variety of opportunities to develop academically – whilst being nurtured in terms of their personal development (self-awareness & social skills, citizenship & character).

This takes place in a safe and upbeat environment involving small groups and well-trained, experienced staff.

A key feature, for successful candidates, is that you can have empathy with students with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and are able to work positively in a challenging and sometimes demanding environment.

If you would like to make a difference to the lives of young people, then we would like to hear from you.

Please send completed application forms to the school email address at susan.ryan@highfieldscollege.org.uk by 12. noon on Friday 3^rd May 2024.

The application forms and an information pack are available to download from here. Completed forms should be returned to the school via the above email address or posted to the school address above.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Stockport Council – Valuing Diversity

application form.doc

Person Specification.pdf

Job description.docx

letter from Headteacher.docx