Contract | 35 Hours per Week
Location: Gloucestershire
Pay: £17.50 per hour
Are you an emotionally intelligent, relational professional who wants to make a genuine difference to the lives of young people facing barriers to education?
About the Role
Working within SEMH department at a further education provider, you'll provide trauma-informed, therapeutic and coaching-based support to learners aged 16–25 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, autism, communication and interaction differences, learning difficulties, and other barriers to education.
This is not a traditional support role. As a Learning Mentor, you'll act as a key worker, building positive and trusting relationships that support learners' emotional wellbeing, self-regulation, independence, and readiness to learn. You'll work within a specialist therapeutic education provision, applying trauma-informed approaches with maturity, empathy and professionalism.
You'll work collaboratively with families, staff and external professionals to enable learners to engage in education, develop skills for adulthood, achieve their individual outcomes, and progress towards meaningful next steps. This is a contract role providing cover up until the winter break.
Your responsibilities will include:
Acting as a key worker for learners aged 16–25 with SEMH needs, autism and learning difficulties.
Building trusting, relational connections that support learners' emotional wellbeing, self-regulation and independence.
Applying trauma-informed and coaching-based approaches to support emotional regulation and readiness to learn.
Supporting learners with EHCPs to engage in education and develop skills for adulthood.
Working collaboratively with families, therapists and college staff to enable positive outcomes.
Maintaining accurate records and supporting learners to progress towards meaningful next steps.
The working hours are Monday to Friday, 08:45 to 16:30.
What We're Looking For
Essential:
Demonstrable experience working with young people with additional needs and EHCPs, ideally within education, SEND, health, social care or community-based settings
A resilient, proactive and professional communicator who can work collaboratively
Emotionally intelligent, with the ability to build trusting relationships and apply trauma-informed approaches
Strong interpersonal skills, initiative and the maturity to thrive in a therapeutic, relational and learner-centred environment
A genuine commitment to improving the lives of young people through learning
A clear understanding of the importance of safeguarding
Willingness to hold an enhanced DBS with adult and child barred lists, due to the needs of the department
About You
We're looking for someone who:
Is highly capable, emotionally intelligent and genuinely committed to young people
Can build trusting relationships and support emotional regulation
Works effectively as a key worker within a specialist therapeutic provision
Shows resilience, empathy and professionalism in a demanding relational environment
If you're ready to help young people engage in education and progress towards a brighter future, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today.
Important Notice
Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities.
We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
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Salary description
£16.50 - £19.00 per hour