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Learning Support Mentor - SEND: SEMH, trauma, ADHD, ASC

Location: Fishponds, Bristol

Start date: from January 2025

Type: Full-time, TTO, Temp-to-perm (8:30am - 4:00pm, Monday to Friday, term-time only + 10 days)

Salary: £86.93 - £108.51 per day during trial (£19,000 - £23,500pa perm equivalent +TLR of up to £1,800 for senior roles) - experience dependent

Our brand new special school for primary-aged learners (KS1, KS2 + Yr7) opened in September 2024 in the Fishponds area of Bristol and we're continuing to recruit to our new staff team.

Elmtree Grove School will open based on the successes of learner outcomes at our 6 Elmtree Learning Partnership sites since 2022 . Initially, we will be supporting up to 28 learners with a view to gradually increasing learner capacity in the future. 

All of the learners we support are vulnerable and have an EHCP to define their additional needs or an EHCP in progress. Creativity, perseverance and an empathetic approach when working with them is key to engaging them in education and ensuring their progression.

We are inviting applications for Learning Support Mentors to join our new team, we have a number of opportunities available.

This role will involve:

Providing individual support to learners, often on a 1:1 basis

Classroom and outdoor learning

Using creative and formative education resources

Following & contributing to learner programmes

Supporting emotional health & wellbeing

Team-work

Safeguarding

Education admin & reporting

For these Learning Support Mentor roles we're looking for someone with great people skills, professionalism, a positive outlook, good computer skills, a good standard of numeracy & literacy and good communication skills. You should have good previous experience of working with learners that have SEND (mainly SEMH & trauma) and have experienced other barriers or challenges to their education. We're building our next great team so if you love working with people who are dedicated to supporting young learners that strive to support their development in a positive setting, this is the role for you.

Every Child, Every Opportunity, The Right Opportunity

Our approach is to offer a bespoke and relevant learning program for each learner. Integration into standardised education opportunities and social integration is everything we do. No child should have their future negatively affected or be excluded in their later life due to the lack of access or support for education opportunities that are appropriate to their abilities & strengths.

We believe strongly in people and look for people that have:

Education-relevant qualifications in supporting teaching & learning

good experience in supporting young people in an education setting

understanding and expertise in supporting learners with SEND

skills & strategies in supporting emotional wellbeing

tenacity & resilience to manage, influence & effect positive behaviours & decisions in learners

the ability to present a strong role model for young people, including having fun!

collaborative and pro-active working practices

a strong sense of responsibility & work ethic

Working with our organisation is a rewarding experience. We offer an enjoyable workplace with additional employment benefits:

Bright HR - online HR management portal also offering partner discounts

Employee Assist - independent healthcare perks

Free training - role specific & relevant, accredited training

Employee Support Assistant - dedicated colleagues to support our employees

Pension scheme

Applications are welcomed from candidates that meet the vast majority of the above job & person criteria. We also recognise that many people who are interested in such a role may not have specific experience as detailed so we would still welcome an application from those that have substantial experience of supporting young people with SEND or other challenges in education.

This role is not suitable for applicants:

not currently base within the UK

requiring employer sponsorship for UK right to work

without UK schools experience

without experience in the UK of supporting SEND

All applications will be managed by Elementa. Successful applications will have a full-prescreen, interview, ‘insight session’ and visit to one of our Alternative Provision sites. Any appointment will be subject to a successful interview process, satisfactory references, DBS Enhanced Disclosure (which may be chargeable at £67.20 unless you have a DBS subscribed to the Update Service) and successful completion of employment trial period.

Please apply with your full up to date CV. All applicants will be promptly responded to