Do you currently want to kick-start your career in education but don’t have the relevant qualifications or experience?

Ortus Recruitment are currently searching for a Teaching Assistant to become a role model and mentor to Primary School pupils.

We at Ortus Recruitment offer a personalised mentoring service to help schools increase pupil attainment. We call these our intervention programmes and each of these has been designed to help pupils reach their full potential. As a behaviour mentor, your role will be helping challenging students overcome their behavioural issues by giving them someone to look up to.

Behaviour Mentor responsibilities include:

· To establish productive working relationships with your key pupil, encouraging and motivating them.

· Raising achievement by providing a specialist service that assists schools in meeting their targets and obligations.

· Being a friend to a student with behavioural issues, giving them someone to confide in and trust.

· To challenge and motivate pupils, promoting and reinforcing self esteem alongside providing levels of individual pastoral support.

Benefits include:

· Great chance for career progression and the chance to get some experience before doing a PGCE.

· The opportunity to be an inspirational role model and mentor to a disadvantaged young person.

· 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. Any of the following skills or qualities is highly desirable:

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

For the chance to kick start your career in education as well as work in a stimulating and rewarding environment, please apply today with your full CV.

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