Behaviour Support – Senior Learning Support Mentor

Salary : Grade 9, Point 19-25: Actual salary will be based on working hours and scale point Contract : Permanent, Part-Time or Full-Time hours considered, 39 weeks a year (term time plus inset days) We are seeking a resilient and proactive Behaviour Support - Senior Learning Support Mentor to join our school and play a key role in maintaining high standards of behaviour and supporting a positive climate for learning across our school. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is committed to helping students make positive choices, reflect on their behaviour and remain engaged in learning. About the Role You will oversee and support the day-to-day running of our inclusion room provision — a well-managed, highly structured and relational-based environment that forms an important part of our disruption-free learning strategy. Working closely with pastoral teams, teaching staff and senior leaders, you will supervise students removed from lessons, ensuring they remain focused, productive and supported throughout the school day. You will also help students regulate their behaviour, reflect on their actions and continue making academic progress. Key Responsibilities Supervise and support students removed from lessons through the school’s centralised behaviour system Maintain a calm, purposeful and disciplined learning environment Build positive and productive relationships with students Support students with learning tasks and monitor completion of work Liaise with teaching staff to ensure appropriate work is provided and returned Maintain accurate records, including attendance and safeguarding concerns Communicate with parents/carers where required Support the administration of the school’s behaviour systems Assist with after-school detentions when required Promote inclusion, equality, safeguarding and the school’s values at all times You will join a busy, yet small school and a trust that is full of activity, opportunity and optimism. You will join a school that has a centralised behaviour management system, supporting staff workload. This role will be in one area of the school’s Internal Alternative Provision. There is another part of the building which accommodates students with additional needs, who struggle with being in mainstream lessons. Our Internal Alternative Provision is well-staffed. Shaftesbury School also has a 6th Form and fantastic facilities, including a staff gym, an industrial hospitality facility, (often used by our students in Alternative Provision), five ICT suites, a 6th Form and Staff Café, a fully resourced Library, staff refreshments every day, a multi-faceted Steps to Support programme for our young people, a staff well-being charter and staff counselling. For more information about our school, please click here. To find out more about the benefits of working for SAST, click here Should you wish to arrange a visit to view