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We are seeking to appoint an Inclusion Mentor to join our Student Support Team at Bluecoat Beechdale Academy. You will be inspired, to work alongside our students to improve the quality of learning they can receive, and foster the engagement of students within the social and academic aspect of Academy life.
As a valued member of the Academy, the post holder will support and direct activities with both individuals and groups of students to ensure their safety, social, emotional and academic progress. It is vital that they can establish and maintain good working relationships with individual students and groups, as well as promoting and reinforcing the students’ self-esteem and help prepare them for adulthood.
Experience of working with students with a range of additional needs including challenging behaviour, would be desirable when applying for this role, whether in or outside of education. The post holder will also need to take a positive approach to learning, focusing on the values of empowerment, independence and inclusion. The successful candidate will have a clear understanding of effective teaching, raising and sustaining achievement and giving students the best opportunities for life.
Candidates should pay attention to the job description/person specification and explain within their application how they meet the criteria, whilst also describing what they will bring to the post from their own knowledge and experience.
The role will be based at the Trust’s Bluecoat Beechdale Academy but the post holders may at any time be required to support or work at any of the sites within Archway Learning Trust.
In return, we can offer:

• Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
• A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
• Access to discounted travel schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Comprehensive training and support
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• Eye care voucher scheme
• Free flu vaccine
• Access to e-learning and development

How to find out more

For more information about Archway Learning Trust and the vacancy, please visit our website via the apply button.
We would encourage you to refer to the job description and person specification, demonstrating your suitability for the role.
Closing date: 9am, Monday 30th September 2024.
Interview date: Monday 7th October 2024.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to the satisfactory completion of an enhanced DBS check, Barred List check, the receipt of satisfactory references, online searches and any other statutory checks that are required for the post. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Bluecoat Beechdale Academy is a highly inclusive school, serving a diverse community, with some of the highest levels of deprivation in the country. We believe that education is the key to improving the social mobility of the area and have high expectations for students’ in order to support them to take the next steps in education. Therefore, we offer a suite of traditional GCSE qualifications, as well as several vocational courses. For many students, the practical elements of these courses allow them to increase their employability and offer real life experiences, giving a sense of what life is like in industry. Links with careers are explicit within all subject areas that raise aspirations for a life of employment.
At Bluecoat Beechdale, we believe that all students have the right to feel safe, the right to be happy and the right to learn. Our students are able to achieve this through the support of a highly effective pastoral team who encourage students to feel that they belong to the school community, they believe in themselves to show the best version of themselves so they can achieve the very best possible outcomes, both academically and in their personal development.
We are extremely proud of the journey school is on. Since joining Archway Learning Trust in 2014, the trajectory of improvement has been consistent and substantial, with Ofsted recognising this progress in 2017, when they judged the school to be ‘Good’.