Sports Mentor

Salary: NJC 12 -17 (£14.36 - £15.58 per hour) + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits

Hours: 22.5 hours (3 days per week), 39 weeks (term time only)

Contract: Part Time, fixed term contract until 31 July 2025

Start date: Immediate start date

Come join our team and make an impact on a daily basis.
We are recruiting a Sports Mentor to join our friendly and supportive team. You will be passionate about ensuring all of our students access an excellent education, every day.

Within this post, you will support pupils who are facing difficulties in school because of issues related to social, emotional, personal, behavioural problems or other factors. You will help these pupils overcome their barriers to learning and fully engage with lessons to become more effective learners, and improve academic and pastoral progress through the use of sport, physical activity, forest school and in-class support.

This is an ideal role for someone who has some experience of the following:

• Working with children and managing situations relating to challenging behaviour
• Assessing pupils' needs and barriers to learning
• Delivering programmes for pupils with challenging behaviour, including one-to-one, small group and whole-class activities
• Coaching and advising staff on suitable behaviour interventions
• Working collaboratively with outside agencies and participating in meetings

We offer you:

• Comprehensive training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career.
• Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
• Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.

Ready to apply? Get in touch here. We can't wait to hear from you.

The role is due to commence as soon as possible. This is a part time, fixed term position until 31 July 2025.

Closing date: 13 January 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.