Tameside College
Inclusion Mentor 0.88 FTE
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Working Pattern: 36 hrs. per week, Term-Time Only (38 weeks per year)
Inclusion Mentor - 0.88 FTE
We’re looking for a highly motivated Inclusion Mentor to join our established learner experience and progress team. You will have the passion to inspire every learner to reach their full potential regardless of their starting point.
As a support colleague you’ll go into the Local Government Pensions scheme and enjoy some really great benefits as well:
- Free on-site Gym at Beaufort Road
- Beauty treatments and haircuts
- Health care cash plan via Simply Health
- Saving clubs via Manchester Credit Union
- Cycle to work
- Costa Coffee on site
- Onsite bakery products at Tameside One
- The Restaurant at Tameside One
- Retail discounts
- Refectories on all sites
Here’s the standard bit: You will support learners with low attendance, pastoral and behavioural challenges particularly relating to learners with Social Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. You will work alongside teachers and other support teams to break down barriers and ensure that learners are able to access the curriculum and reach their full potential. You will focus on and develop positive behaviour in and outside the classroom and minimize disruption to learning. You will also have a caseload of learners with low attendance to get them re-engaging and supporting with improving their attendance to college.
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What you’ll need:
- Previous experience in supporting young people
- A sound understanding of the range of issues facing young people with barriers to their learning (including social, emotional and behavioural)
- An ability to motivate learners with differing needs and abilities
- Excellent interpersonal skills in working with students
- Ability to remain calm and a problem-solving approach to managing challenging situations
- Hold a Level 2 Qualification in a vocational or Key Skill area and will hold or be willing to work towards a level 3 qualification within the profession
About us:
Tameside College has an excellent reputation and this is a real opportunity for you to make a difference in people’s lives. We’re based in Ashton-Under-Lyne Greater Manchester in a diverse and vibrant further education college that offers a wide range of courses including A level and advanced level vocational study programmes, Apprenticeships and adult courses up to degree Level. We aim to give all our students an exceptional experience.
We believe in excellence and we back that up with high expectations, a superb working environment (as part of the Vision Tameside £100 million+ accommodation strategy) and outstanding teaching. We also believe that attending college is about more than achieving a qualification, important though that is. This is why we aim to give learners every opportunity to develop their full potential in a supportive and friendly environment.
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Tameside College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at Tameside College is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. Tameside College will meet the costs associated with this.
Please note Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 guidance requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore at interview with you. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who are invited to attend an interview.
Previous candidates need not apply. Subject to volume of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy early.
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We are not utilising the service of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any CVs forwarded for this vacancy will be treated as a gift and not subject to your terms and conditions.
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