Main duties of the Learning Mentor Team

• Identify pupils and their families who may need additional support
• Work with families to develop plans to improve outcomes of vulnerable pupils.
• Work with families to improve pupil attendance
• Develop interventions to support pupils with Social, Emotional or mental health difficulties.
• Deliver interventions as advised by professionals such as Educational Psychologist.
• Work with a range of agencies such as Social Workers in order to support vulnerable pupils
• Signpost families to other agencies who may be able to offer support
• Work with our SENDCo to put together a range of evidence to support referrals to the Community Paediatrician or an application for an Education, Health and Care plan
• Run Breakfast Club for Vulnerable Pupils to improve attendance, complete homework, have intervention in a targeted area of difficulty or to have a positive start to the day.
• Train and support Playground leaders and Year 6 Club leaders.
• Support pupils new to our Academy.
• De-escalate behaviour issues within the classroom.
• Meet and Greet with vulnerable pupils in order to prepare them for the day ahead.
• When necessary, support pupils within the classroom.
• Support at break and lunchtimes for vulnerable pupils.
• Support pupils to ensure there is a smooth transition through different phases of their education.

The Learning Mentor Team deliver a range of interventions to remove barriers to learning and improve emotional wellbeing.

• Social skills
• Anger management
• Grief and Loss
• Worries/Anxiety
• Body image
• Self esteem
• Attention and Listening
• Team Building
• Parental Separation
• Selective Mutism
• Solution focused approach
• Sensory Circuits
• Interventions to develop speaking and vocabulary
• Interventions to develop phonics, Reading and maths

Our Learning Mentor is highly trained and alongside our Designated Safeguarding Lead, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads and SENCO, have received extensive training in a range of areas including: