Learning Mentor

Assist children and young people to make a successful transfer between schools/services and transition at key stages in their learning.

Take a lead in the identification of the support needs of individual children and young people at the point of transfer between schools or services and transition between the different phases of their education and learning.

Be responsible for the speedy and effective transfer of information within and across schools or services and settings.

Take a lead role in the continuity of support to children and young people throughout the process of transfer and transition including participation in summer schools.

Contribute to the comprehensive assessment of children and young people entering schools or services and the review of their progress and achievements.

Contribute to the overall assessment of children and young people entering or returning to school in order to identify learning mentor needs.

Work closely with others to achieve a full and shared understanding of the needs of individual children and young people and contribute to target setting.

Contribute to the identification of existing and potential barriers to learning and progress and facilitate access to appropriate forms of mentoring support to overcome them.

Contribute to the identification of barriers to learning for individual children and young people and provide them with a range of strategies for overcoming the barriers.

Work with the SENCO and/or senior leadership team to ensure the needs of looked after children, gifted and talented children and those with special educational needs are met.

Identify the barriers to learning in relation to behaviour, motivation, aspirations and academic achievement

Respond to identified barriers to learning by providing access to learning mentor support for all children and young people

Take a lead role in the development of individual and group programmes to support children and young people to learn more effectively including the responsibility for delivery of out of school study support and activities.

Take a leading role within the school, under the direction of the Headteacher, in the development and delivery of extended services for the school and the community.

Establish and develop effective one to one mentoring and other supportive relationships with children and young people.

Develop mentoring relationships which motivate, challenge and empower children and young people to further learning

Develop, agree and implement a time bound action plan with groups and individual children and young people and those involved with them based on a comprehensive assessment of their strengths and needs.

Collect information, contribute to its assessment and review the outcomes of information gathering with others

Review assessment outcomes with the individual child or young person and consider alternative support options

Set targets, agree and record a plan of action with outcomes, review points and an exit strategy

Work with the young person on specific aspects of need through a range of strategies and structured interventions

Monitor progress of individual children and young people against mutually agreed objectives at regular intervals and set new targets if appropriate including agreement on exit strategies.

Facilitate access to specialist support services for children and young people with barriers to learning.

Identify appropriate support services within and outside the school or service and negotiate their possible role with the child or young person

Facilitate contact with the relevant agency and support the child or young person through the process

Monitor and record the effectiveness of the referral with both the agency and the child or young person on a regular basis…