Education Mentor

SENse Learning provide bespoke personalised education programmes for children and young people diagnosed with complex additional needs who find it difficult to access school.

We are currently recruiting for Education Mentor to work on a 1:1 basis with children and young people with complex needs. The support will take place, predominately, in the young person's own home with some trips out into the community.

We offer flexible job opportunities to enable you to do the work that you love in a way that works for you. The benefits of becoming a SENse Learning Associate are:

- Earn up to £5,000 per month
- Flexible working
- 121 sessions with the student at the centre of everything we do

We have worked with over 150 students who are out of school or struggling to attend, across England delivering bespoke and holistic packages of education, to enable them to reengage with more formal education.

We would like you to join us in helping students learn in a way that suits their needs.

**It is essential that you**:

- Share our commitment to the protection, safeguarding and wellbeing of children and young people
- Are able to build strong professional relationships with children and young people with complex additional needs, their families and your colleagues
- Have the enthusiasm to engage children and young people in their learning and good standard of; Literacy, Numeracy and ICT to be able to support their learning effectively and work with the systems of SENse Learning
- Are able to use your own initiative to meet children/young people's varying and complex needs
- Are able to react calmly to challenging situations and behaviour and demonstrate the resilience needed to support children with high levels of anxiety
- Had previous experience of supporting individuals with complex additional needs
- Had previous experience of supporting children or young people in an educational settings
- Have a clean driving licence, business insurance and use of your own car to transport children and young people to community outings and to work experience placements
- Be registered as self employed for tax purposes
- Attend compulsory induction training and MAPA with SENse Learning prior to starting any contracts
- Keep up to date with your CPD through courses offered to you through SENse Learning

**Duties and Responsibilities**

**Understanding of Needs**
- Developing strong professional relationships with the children and young people who have complex needs and have often experienced significant difficulties in previous education settings
- Following the guidance in each person's individual plan/risk assessment, support htem 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

**Delivery**
- Supporting children and young people to follow learning activities set out by Case Leads/Teachers
- Planning and preparing creative and interest based learning activities, following guidance provided by Case Leads/Teacher
- Supporting children and young people on community outings and work experience
- Working with other professionals involved with the student (SALT, OT) to deliver activities to meet children and young people's communication, social, sensory, physical, emotional and behavioural needs

**Assessment/Paperwork**
- Documenting children and young people's progress using photographs, videos and written reports
- Completing the relevant sections of our tracking and monitoring system, LearnTrek

**Communication**
- Communicating frequently and effectively with colleagues and families about the needs of the children and young people and regularly reviewing your strategies and practice as these needs change
- Attending half termly progress meetings with Case Leads to discuss next steps

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time

**Salary**: £18.00-£23.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Free or subsidised travel
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: In person