Learning Mentor
- Employer: Abbey School
- Reference: SS/24/283760
Join Our Growing Team!
We are excited to announce that we are looking for dedicated and experienced professionals to join our team. If you have a strong background in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and a passion for making a positive impact, we encourage you to apply!
As a Learning Mentor, you will play a key role in providing personalized support to our pupils throughout their whole school day. Your role will be crucial in helping us achieve our goal of ensuring that every child with exceptional needs receives a meaningful and enriching education, empowering them to make informed choices about their future.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with pupils both individually and in small groups supporting them to overcome barriers to learning, delivering teaching, providing positive behaviour support, and delivering other focused interventions.
- Work as part of a class team, under the direction of the class teacher and trans-disciplinary colleagues, to deliver effective and appropriate teaching, learning and behaviour support in all areas of school life
- Monitor and track progress, providing regular feedback as needed
- Foster a positive and inclusive learning environment
Qualifications and Skills:
- Relevant SEN experience as detailed in the person specification
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- A genuine commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs
For further information please download our recruitment pack which contains details of the job description and person specification.
How to apply
Please send your fully completed application form to recruitment@abbeyschool.com.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so apply today!
For additional information please see https://www.abbeyschool.com/recruitment/
The School will complete an online search for all shortlisted candidates. If any incidents or issues have happened that are publicly available online, the school may wish to explore this at interview.
Abbey School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Child safer recruitment procedures operate and the post is subject to references and an Enhanced DBS disclosure with barred list checks.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are ‘spent’ unless ‘protected’ under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, sex, pregnancy and maternity, marriage/civil partnerships, religion/belief, or sexual orientation.