Education Mentor

Education Mentor 

SENse learning are at the forefront of Alternative Provisions, supporting children and young people to achieve their education goals in a way that works for them.

In the past five years, our explosive growth has enabled us to support many students to succeed, and we are looking for the right candidate to help us continue to support even more young people.

Benefits of becoming a SENse Learning Associates

• Between £18 and £23 per hour depending on experience
• A chance to experience 1:1 education every day
• Being matched to specific students to enable you to thrive
• An amazing culture of positive, future thinking people
• Working Monday to Friday - Term Time
• Be part of a company that believes in what we do
• This role provides freedom like no other education role does. As a self employed associate, you’ll be able to create a bespoke availability to work when you’re able to and enjoy that work life balance that some traditional teacher roles sorely lack.

Skills and Experience

• You’ll have the passion to deliver the curriculum for students as individuals.
• You’ll have to have experience working with students with a range of complex additional needs.
• We need you to have as strong a commitment to safeguarding as we do.
• A clear head that can handle challenging situations and the resilience to support students that may not have felt they fit in the school.
• You’ll have to be as enthusiastic as we are too! You’re gonna have to love teaching and, like us, want to be part of something to help change lives.
• You’ll have to be dedicated and passionate about helping others achieve their goals.

Education Mentor 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
• Understand the importance of emotional regulation and can implement strategies to support/model this appropriately.
• Have detailed knowledge of attachment disorder and how this impacts students.
• 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

Set within the students' own homes and out in the community, our learning packages meet the needs of the individual students in ways which suit them, enabling them to succeed and to learn in ways that they never knew possible. Some young people’s experiences have left them disconnected, rejected and detached from education. We do things differently at SENse Learning.

Join us on our mission to ensure no student is left behind, by providing bespoke learning packages for all our students by applying here.