Learning Mentor and Attendance Support Officer

Job Reference: )Primary Location :
Armagh-Craigavon-Craigavon Integrated College Contract Type :
Permanent Duration of Contract/Contract End Date : N/AStatus :
Full-Time Hours per Week : 36 hours per week Working Pattern :
Monday-Friday Grade/Scale :
Senior Executive Officer | NJC pts 23 - 26 | £34,434 - £37,280 per annum

Additional Allowance(s) :
Not Applicable Anticipated Interview Date(s) :
To be confirmed

Additional Information: N/AJOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:

Learning Mentor and Attendance Support Officer, Craigavon IC

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SLT member for Positive Behaviour and AttendanceJOB PURPOSETo establish close partnerships between home and school to support improved levels of attendance of individual pupils and encourage a culture of regular attendance throughout the school.

To provide a complementary service to existing teachers and pastoral staff in the schools, addressing the needs of the children who need help to overcome barriers to learning both inside and outside the school, in order to achieve their full potential.

She/he will work intensively with young people who have been identified as requiring nurture intervention. The particular emphasis of this work is to provide a nurturing environment to help these pupils achieve their academic potential by minimising learning barriers. This will be done by delivering ‘needs led’ programmes of support in a diverse way. This will involve working with parents and a range of partners who will form a support structure and will be multi-disciplinary in nature.

Learning mentors aim to free teacher colleagues to carry out their core job of teaching.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Work with Pupils and Parents To develop a one to one mentoring relationship with young people needing particular support where necessary aimed at achieving agreed goals.

To work with small groups of young people needing nurturing support.

To ensure the development of ‘needs led’ programmes in support of young people including programmes that are curriculum related and have a direct relationship to work that is ongoing in the school.

To provide support to young people in a variety of ways and within a flexible working approach.

To have knowledge and appreciation of the range of activities, courses, opportunities, organisations and individuals that could be drawn upon to provide extra support for pupils.

To develop and co-ordinate a peer mentoring programme in school.

To develop a one-to-one mentoring relationship with pupils needing support where necessary aimed at achieving agreed pastoral, academic and personal goals.

Work with parent/carers

To maintain regular contact with families/carers of young people in need of extra support, to keep them informed of the young person’s needs and progress and to secure positive family support and involvement.

To negotiate home visits in order to establish relationships based on respect and trust with parents/carers of families.

To develop a parent’s resource point in school to include a range of materials reflecting the different facets of support and programming aimed at supporting young people and their parents and which can be used by parents ntifying pupils with poor attendance offering support, linking in with parents, referral to external agencies regarding counselling and further support. Home visits to support the pupils and families of our school community

Working in partnership

To liaise with relevant agencies/disciplines to promote an integrated, holistic approach to service delivery and ensure that there is a wide resource pool to support the programme.

To establish links with current partnership groups e.g. community after school provision.

To work collaboratively with current in-house support structures.

To promote active…