Behaviour Mentor (One-to-One)
£88 - £110 per day (via PAYE)
Sevenoaks

As a Behaviour Mentor, you will work 1:1 with students with SEN to promote positive behaviour, enhance emotional well-being, and help them build strong social skills. You will collaborate with teachers, parents, and other staff to create tailored support plans that enable students to thrive both academically and personally.

The school will provide comprehensive training, so experience with complex and medical needs is not essential, but an aspiration to enable students to learn and achieve meaningful independence is.

You will be responsible for enabling the student’s learning, promoting their independence and helping them achieve. You will need to be a confident advocate, recognising the potential of the individual and championing their needs along with possessing exceptional communication skills and patience.

The role is based in a Foundation Special School with residential facilities for children and young people with physical disabilities, complex medical needs and associated learning and communication difficulties.

Shifts available are 07:30-14:30 and 12:30-21:30.

Requirements

• GCSE in Maths and English (or equivalent)
• An enhanced DBS (or willingness to apply for one)
• Moving and Handling qualification

Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

About Vision for Education

Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.

Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:

• Have relevant experience of working with children, young people or vulnerable adults

What Vision for Education offer

As a valued employee of Vision for Education, you will receive:

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
• Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
• FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
• Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

Vision for Education do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

How to apply

Apply via this website with an up-to-date CV and contact details. For more information, or an informal chat about the role, please call the Kent team on 01622 584 900 or email nicola.yewman@visionforeducation.co.uk.

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