| Job Reference | EMBUCKS001 |
|---|---|
| Contract Type | Self employed associate contract |
| Contract Term | Associate contract |
| Role | Education Mentor |
| Workplace | In students home and community |
| Location | Buckinghamshire |
| Salary | £18-£23 |
| Job Contact | Recruitment team |
| Closing date | 31st December 24 |
| Driving Licence required? | Yes |
About this Role
Education Mentor
Your role is to inspire young people into achieving their goals and discover the fun of learning together.
You’ll earn between £18 - £23 an hour working towards holistically chosen goals with an interest based learning approach. Everyone deserves an opportunity to learn, and you can build amazing relationships and teach young people who could be chronically disengaged from education, the skills they need to not only survive, but thrive.
Learning can take place anywhere the student is engaged, safe, motivated and encouraged to discover, and it will be your role to show them.
Benefits
- You get to work 1:1 in students homes or out and about in the community.
- You can use the world as your classroom! Teach in shops, museums or wherever you're inspired.
- You can be part of our growing team of associates, all dedicated to helping young people.
- You’ll have control over your career, deciding your own work boundaries.
- You won’t have to wait all year to claim back mileage, with our mileage policy.
- You’ll continue to learn yourself with SENse Learning CPD.
- Think you know someone good enough to be part of the team? You get £200 for every referral you make that starts working with a young person.
- Select your own availability of when and where you want to work.
Essential criteria
- You’ll have to have the passion to support students as individuals.
- You’ll have to have experience working with young people with a range of complex additional needs.
- You will need to have as strong a commitment to safeguarding.
- You’ll have a creative mind and resilience that can handle challenging situations.
- You'll want to be part of something that makes positive changes in the lives of young people.
- You’ll have to be dedicated and passionate about helping others achieve their goals.
The Role
- Developing strong professional relationships with the children and young people who have complex needs and have often experienced significant difficulties in previous education settings.
- Deliver planned learning through a range of creative and interest based activities.
- Understand the importance of emotional regulation and can implement strategies to support/model this appropriately.
- Have detailed knowledge of how to work in a trauma informed way.
- Following the guidance in each person's individual risk assessment/student plan to support them to manage their anxiety and behaviour in a positive way and to keep them
- and others safe.
- Utilise a range of strategies in supporting the range of additional needs we work with.
SENse Learning is an alternative provision with a simple mission: Ensure no child is left behind.
If you’re ready for the next adventure and want a role that works for you, take the first step by completing an information form and returning with a CV. If you don’t have a CV ready, just ask for an application form instead or call 01444400896.
