Are you passionate about making a difference in children’s lives but lack the qualifications or experience to start your career in education? Ortus Recruitment is currently searching for a dedicated and compassionate individual to become a role model and mentor to primary school pupils as a Behavior Mentor.

We offer a personalized mentoring service to help schools increase pupil attainment through our intervention programs. As a Behavior Mentor, you will play a crucial role in helping challenging students overcome their behavioral issues by being a positive role model and providing them with someone to confide in and trust.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Establishing productive working relationships with your key pupils and encouraging and motivating them
• Raising achievement by providing a specialist service that assists schools in meeting their targets and obligations
• Being a friend and confidant to a student with behavioral issues
• Challenging and motivating pupils, promoting and reinforcing self-esteem and providing levels of individual pastoral support.

This is a great opportunity for career progression and to gain some experience before doing a PGCE. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to be an inspirational role model and mentor to a disadvantaged young person. The company also offers continuing professional development courses such as Team Teach.

The right candidate will be someone who is passionate about making a difference in children’s lives, and any of the following skills or qualities is highly desirable:

• Degree Educated
• Sports Coach
• Ex-Army
• Police Cadets
• Team Teach
• Youth workers

If you’re ready to kickstart your career in education and work in a stimulating and rewarding environment, please apply today with your full CV.