Student Support Mentor

Salary: Grade 4/5, SP18-25, Actual Salary - TTO £25,927.88 - £29,099.61 (FTE: £30,279-£33,983) Location(s): The Link School – Primary, 138 Croydon Road, Beddington CR0 4PG The Link School – Secondary, 82-86 Croydon Road, Beddington, CR0 4PD, The Link School – Satellite, Mollison Drive, Wallington, SM6 9JN, The Link School – Cottage, 3 Carew Manor Cottages, Church Road, Wallington, Surrey SM6 7NH Working Pattern: Term time only 36 hours per week. Monday – Thursday 8:15-16:00 Friday 8:15-15:45 The Link School specialises in supporting students aged 4 to 18 with Speech, Language, and Communication difficulties, including autism spectrum conditions and Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA). In addition to its Primary and Secondary sites, the school also operates two satellite sites, both designed to provide a safe, nurturing environment for autistic young people with demand-avoidant profiles. The school provides a warm, safe, friendly and nurturing environment, which helps pupils to learn, express their ideas, communicate, develop friendships and grow in confidence and self- esteem. Our dedicated staff deliver an outstanding education grounded in practitioner research, offering a holistic curriculum that fosters both personal and social development, as well as cognitive growth. We are looking for an experienced Student Support Mentor to promote positive behaviour across the school. You will guide students and staff, ensuring that a calm and respectful environment is fostered, helping to maximise the potential of every pupil. Key Responsibilities: • To promote and provide support for all students at The Link School as required. • To support and work with staff, parents and other agencies to support all students as required. • To work with students, staff, parents and other agencies form other educational settings as part of The Link School’s outreach & support offer • The Student Support Mentor will be responsible for the supporting the smooth day to day running of the school, including supervising students who are not attending their normal lessons for a variety of reasons and being a visible presence around the school to support a positive learning environment. Key Requirements: • General level of education: GCSE • Understanding/Knowledge of Children with Special Education Needs • Ability to adapt activities to learners changing motivation and interest levels • Understanding of safeguarding practice within a school environment • Observe pupil learning behaviour and report observations to the teacher OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees: Rewards & Benefits: • Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment. • Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family. • Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Home Electronics Scheme and Employee Car Lease Scheme) • Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme • Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more) • Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme) Find out what makes OHCAT a truly rewarding place to work - visit our ‘Work for Us’ page to hear from our Chief Executive Officer, Ian Valvona and watch inspiring messages from students and parents about the difference our staff make every day. Our Trust: The Link School is part of Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust. We are a family of specialist education providers from pre-school through to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire and fully represent all designations of special education needs and disabilities (SEND). To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit our website. We are committed to promoting and advancing equality of opportunity by attracting and retaining the most diverse range of students, staff and partners. Working together to transform lives is what we do and across the whole organisation we have a range of experts and practitioners who advocate for children and young people with SEND to ensure they receive the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential. As a large specialist education provider, we employ over 1500 people across our schools, college and central support team. There is a wide range of job roles available, ranging from teaching and therapy to business support roles and significa