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.

Ortus Recruitment Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All candidates applying to posts through the company must undertake or have undertaken the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application form.

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