Behaviour Mentor

Behaviour Mentor

Required from September 2025

Full time

Term time only

Permanent

Salary Grade E point 13-19 (£28,163-£31,067 FTE per annum)

 £ 24,223 - £26,721 Actual Salary per annum

Highbank Primary and Nursery School is seeking to appoint a dedicated, resilient and caring professional to provide support and guidance to our pupils to ensure they reach their full potential

The role will require you to support us in addressing the needs of identified children in school to overcome their barriers to learning and developing their potential, both inside and outside of the classroom, effecting positive behavioural change through intervention. You would be joining a team of committed and supportive professionals and the school can offer lots of opportunity to develop and enhance your skills through training and support. 

We warmly welcome applications from those who are passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children and thrives on challenging themselves and others to keep on improving. Our working relationships are positive, supportive and forward looking.  

You will:

• Be able to work with children displaying challenging behaviour, be a first responder in supporting their de-escalation and reintegration.

• Be able to identify barriers to learning for individual children and provide them with a range of strategies for overcoming these barriers.

• Work effectively with a range of partners including class teachers, SENCOs and senior leaders in order to address the needs of individual children.

• Be aware and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to the appropriate person.

In return we offer:

• A collaborative and supportive team of talented professionals.

• A commitment to professional development opportunities in order to enhance your ability to develop and improve provision.

• The opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable children.

• Motivated, friendly and hardworking children.

• A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven 

• towards continuously raising standards.

• Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives

• Calm and purposeful learning environments

• Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community 

• A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school

• Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust

Or Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment.

How to apply

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and as such anyone who is registered disabled and meets the essential person specification criteria will be shortlisted for interview.

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website https://transformtrust.face-ed.co.uk/vacancies. Please ensure that you follow the instructions within the application form and ensure that there are no gaps in your education or employment history that are not accounted for.

Any questions or queries should be directed to Sophie Wan at Highbank Primary and Nursery School, Winscombe Mount, Clifton, Nottingham, NG11 9FP.  

Email:headteacher@whitegate.nottingham.sch.uk 

Telephone: 01159152965

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 3rd June 2025 - Noon

Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 18th June 2025

Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust with over 8800 children in 25 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We have a strong focus on empowering our member schools to drive their improvement journey whilst maintaining their own individual identity and community focus. 

We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our purpose is to be an innovative and inclusive Trust working for all children.

We are an employer that encourages flexible working and promotes wellbeing through workload considerations.