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Progress Mentor
Job Title: Progress Mentor
Location: Walsall
About Us
The Ladder School is an Alternative Provision Free School located in Walsall. We are situated in a brand new, state-of-the-art building and are quickly becoming the go-to place for Alternative Provision in the borough.
At The Ladder School, we recognize that the mainstream school system does not suit all young people. We are here to offer a second chance. We believe that every student has potential, and our dedicated staff work incredibly hard to ensure our students make the most of the opportunities available to them while they are with us. Unlike other alternative provisions, we offer a range of GCSE and vocational courses to ensure students receive a well-rounded education and have the best chances in their future. We have a strong careers program designed to support students in reaching positive destinations after they leave The Ladder School.
We have an environment where praise and encouragement are used to help our students see things differently. Our set of aspirational values underpins everything we do. Our purpose-built school has specialist facilities for our students to thrive and grow into successful, contributing members of their community.
School Ethos
- High standards: Students are pushed to achieve beyond their potential, and staff work to ensure everything that we do is better than people expect.
- Daring to Dream: Students at The Ladder School may have been in an educational setting where they lack aspirations to be successful. At The Ladder School, we challenge students to reach their potential and go on to further education and employment.
- Traditional Values: Some things often get forgotten in education; at The Ladder School, we pride ourselves on mutual respect, good manners, making a positive contribution, supporting one another, and an orderly, litter-free environment.
- Success: Success can come in many forms; at The Ladder School, we celebrate the small steps every day and tell students when they are doing well. We ensure that students can have a successful future.
- Personalised Support: All students at The Ladder School have a Learning Coach who guides them, sets them bespoke targets, and supports them in making social and academic progress.
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Find more information here: [The Ladder School](The Ladder School)
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide in-class support to ensure students can access learning and make progress.
- Work proactively alongside teaching staff to help plan, prepare, and adapt learning activities so that students can access the curriculum, develop confidence, and make meaningful progress.
- Build trusting, consistent relationships with students who may have experienced trauma or rejection and negative attitudes to education.
Pay Range
- Scale Grade 5 (9-17)
- Actual: £22175-£25352
- FTE: £27254 - 31022
Qualifications and Skills
- A relevant qualification in teaching and learning.
- Experience working with vulnerable young people, ideally in AP, PRU, SEMH, or SEND settings.
- Understanding of trauma-informed practice and how adverse experiences affect behavior and learning.
For full details of the post, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Why The Mercian Trust?
As one Trust, we share a common purpose. We call it our social mobility and social justice mission to change our communities through the very best equitable education. When we get this right, it enables our children and young people to fulfill their potential, thrive in the world of work, and make a positive contribution to the local, national, and international community. Our recent achievements include:
- Sustainable Growth: Becoming one of the largest and most diverse trusts in the region.
- Social Mobility & Social Justice: National recognition for the Trust’s two selective grammar schools who are the most successful on the number of local disadvantaged students passing the entrance and joining the schools.
- Increasing Opportunities: Opening a brand-new purpose-built campus in Walsall Town Centre, including an alternative provision for students at risk of permanent exclusion from mainstream schools alongside a Digital Skills Hub to provide professionals and employers.
- Pioneering Spirit: National recognition for pioneering work around youth mental health, including establishing an in-house multi-disciplinary team of clinicians and allied health professionals delivering interventions and providing support to vulnerable students.
- Outward Looking: Organizing and hosting the region’s first Youth Suicide Conference (2023) and Youth Violence Conference (2024) at Villa Park.
- Innovation and Improvement: A multi-million-pound investment in the digital infrastructure of Trust schools and our Digital Skills Hub underpinning the ongoing transformation of how staff teach, students learn, leaders lead, and the whole Trust operates in readiness for the AI-supercharged careers and workplaces of the future.
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Want to be a part of something extraordinary? Find out more: [The Mercian Trust - Home](The Mercian Trust - Home)
What We Offer You
Benefits
- Financial, Health, and Lifestyle:
- Discounts on everyday purchases (Eden Red)
- A comprehensive free-of-charge health plan (UK Health Care)
- A cycle-to-work scheme via Halfords
- Access to the Blue Light Card
For further benefits including education sector-leading CPD: [The Mercian Trust - What we can offer you](The Mercian Trust - What we can offer you)
Safeguarding and Equality
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.
The Mercian Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Please take time to read our policies attached to this advert.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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