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Arts Award Mentor

Job Description

Location: Based in Telford (but you may be required to visit our other sites in South Yorkshire for training and development as needed)
Hours: Full time (9-5 / Monday - Friday)
Salary: £24k
Contract Term: Permanent (subject to 6 month probationary period)
Start Date: ASAP

Are you currently working in education and looking for a new challenge? Are you missing the chance to teach smaller group sizes so that your delivery can have a greater impact? Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people? We are looking for a supportive and nurturing Arts Award Mentor to join our thriving Telford team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an award winning nationally recognized organization that strives to make education accessible for learners who have struggled to cope in mainstream education.

Some of the perks of working at The Really NEET Project

• 9 weeks paid holiday per year (during school holidays)
• Vitality Health package (with no employee excess to pay on claims)
• Royal London Pension Scheme
• 45p per mile for any work-related journeys
• Minimal teaching hrs compared to mainstream education settings
• Dedicated time allocated for planning time

• Really NEET was born from the need to offer a safe, inclusive and supportive learning environment for young people aged 16-24yrs who have struggled to cope in mainstream education.
• Most of our learners will have some form external barriers to education also. We offer holistic wrap around support teamed with a youth work approach so that we can support our learners to thrive inside and outside of the classroom.
• All of our learners have an Educational, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and as a result all have some level of additional need. Some of the most common areas of need that we see are Social, Emotional, Mental Health (SEMH), Autism (ASC), ADHD although we work with learners with a much broader range of needs.
• To allow our learners to thrive we work in small group sizes of approx. 6-10 with support staff.
• Ahead of any learner coming to us we consult with the local authority to ensure that we are the most suitable provider to meet their needs.

• Begin your day by collecting a student/s on your way in to work
• Arrive onsite for 10am and do student check ins and allow time for settling in/breakfast
• Take registers
• Teach for 2-4hrs during the day
• When you aren’t teaching, give support to learners in other lessons
• Drop learners home around 3:30
• Come back to site for team meeting, marking, planning, updating learner targets and EHCP targets
• Once every 2 weeks a full day is given to staff for their admin duties/planning /marking
• Once every 2 weeks there will be a day dedicated to learner activities to increase engagement and participation, this may be things like graffiti workshops, trampolining, bowling, climbing, nature walks, museum visits etc

• Responsible for the planning and delivery of Arts Award qualification
• To deliver and implement teaching and learning practices to raise student standards and progress
• To develop and deliver high quality teaching materials and schemes of learning that keep students engaged using creativity, differentiation and extension tasks
• Plan effectively to ensure pupils have the opportunity to meet their potential, taking account of the needs of pupils who are underachieving, those that are able and those that are excelling in Art
• To meet the needs of pupils with Special Educational Needs and in collaboration with the SEND Lead to prepare, implement, monitor and review Individual Educational Packages.
• To provide a high-quality student experience that enables students to succeed beyond their expectations
• Promote Inclusion best practice and contribute to the aims and ethos of the college
• Working with students from Pre-Entry to Level 2
• Responsible for comprehensive marking and written and verbal feedback for students
• Working in conjunction with the Outstanding and Good criteria for OFSTED
• To participate in weekly group engagement activities such as bowling, nature walks, climbing, graffiti workshops etc to ensure you build a strong rapport with all students.

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