The Gorse Academies Trust Hiring for Education Inclusion Mentor Job at Leeds, England , UK Full Time

Required ASAP

Fixed Term Contract until April 2024

Subject to a 6-Month Probationary Period

SAFE Taskforces are an exciting new initiative to support young people at Risk of Serious Youth Violence. They bring together schools and partners to support young people with challenging behaviour, enabling them to Attend school regularly so they can fulfil their potential and prevent costly poor life outcomes by inspiring them to Exceed their expectations. The Leeds SAFE Taskforce’s primary intervention is the creation of a virtual team of Education Inclusion Mentors.

In partnership with Leeds schools and the Area Inclusion Partnership (AIP), the Leeds Safe Task Force is looking to appoint a team of Education Inclusion Mentors to support the delivery of this exciting DfE sponsored programme across the city. Candidates will model values and behaviours to help us to achieve the programme’s ambition to support learning and engagement development for our identified cohort of children and young people who live in vulnerable contexts.

Are you a skilled practitioner, passionate about making a difference to children /young people in school who live in vulnerable contexts?

Working as an Education Inclusion Mentor you will have relevant experience of successfully engaging and working with children and young people in an inclusive, relational and restorative capacity to secure positive outcomes. You will understand of the needs of vulnerable children and young people, the communities they live in and of how disadvantage can impact on learning and life chances. We would actively encourage interest from candidates who reflect the diverse communities across Leeds.

As part of the team delivering this innovative intervention, you will need to demonstrate that you have the ability to work flexibly, and at pace to meet appropriate deadlines with independence and be enthusiastic about working with a wide range of professional partners to bring about whole system change.

Posts will be based in John Smeaton Academy. Postholders will be employed by an individual school or Area Inclusion Partnership. Applications for this exciting and rewarding role are invited.

An Application Pack (including Job Description and Person Specification) is available to download from this page, by email to [email protected] or by telephone on 0113 831 3900. If you would like to know more about John Smeaton Academy, please visit our website at www.johnsmeatonacademy.org.uk.

Please note if you submit an electronic application we will not require a hard copy. CV’s are not accepted.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

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Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK – either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply for this position.