Learning Mentor and Learning Support Assistant

1 week ago

Croydon, United Kingdom The BRIT School Full time

**Ref: SCH-ThBS-0085**17 day(s) remaining**

**Establishment**: The BRIT School **Location**: The BRIT School **Salary**: £28,340.40 (£31,986 FTE) **Department**: AEN **Job Type**: Part Time **Key Stage**: Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5

**Closing Date**: 07/07/2025 09:00 **Interview Date**: 15/07/2025 **Start Date**: 26/08/2025

Additional Information

**Contract Type**:Fixed Term (31/07/2027) **Contract Term**:TTO - Term time only **Hours per Week**:35.00 **Weeks per Year**:40.000 **Pay Grade**:Support Staff | 13 - 15

The Role

We are seeking a dedicated, compassionate, and proactive **Learning Mentor and Learning Support Assistant (LSA)** to join our Additional Educational Needs (AEN) team. Working closely with students aged 14-19 in a vibrant arts-based secondary and post-16 setting, you’ll help young people overcome barriers to learning and reach their full potential - both academically and personally.

This is a fantastic opportunity to support and mentor students, particularly those with social, emotional or behavioural needs, in both classroom and one-to-one settings. If you're passionate about inclusive education, youth development, and the performing arts, we’d love to hear from you.

**Why Join Us?**:
The school runs a five-term academic year with some school holidays falling at different times to the usual Local Authority school breaks. Please see our website for further details of our term dates.

**Skills**:
**CPD / Training**
- Willingness and capacity to undertake IT and other training to support the needs of students
- Essential
- Trained in Mental Health First Aid (or similar qualification).
- Essential
- Willingness to undergo specialised training
- Essential
- English and Maths at GCSE grade 4
- Essential

**Personal Attributes**
- Flexible and open to continuous change
- Essential
- A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
- Essential
- Committed to equality
- Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a team
- Essential

**Experience/Knowledge**
- Excellent communication skills (including written, oral and presentation skills)
- Essential
- Excellent communication skills (including written, oral and presentation skills)
- Essential
- Resilience - the ability to remain calm and work well under pressure
- Essential
- Ability to liaise and communicate effectively with students, parents/carers, colleagues and some outside agencies.
- Essential
- Good literacy, numeracy and organisational skills.
- Essential
- Ability to analyse, interpret and collate information about students in order to write effective reports
- Essential
- Good ICT key skills.
- Essential

**Experience**
- Experience of delivering specific intervention programmes
- Desirable
- Proven ability or interest in Arts Education
- Desirable
- Proven ability in youth work or a similar role
- Essential
- Proven ability in a learning support, mentor or similar role
- Essential
- Knowledge of SEND
- Essential
- Understanding of how to monitor and track the progress of pupils
- Desirable

Safeguarding Information

**The BRIT School is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for children, staff, and visitors and promoting a climate where children and adults will feel confident about sharing any concerns they may have about their own safety or the well-being of others.**

The BRIT School

60
The Crescent
Croydon
Croydon
SE25 5PW

Lisa Hills

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