Learning Mentor

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant and inclusive school as a Level 3 Learning Mentor, dedicated to enhancing the educational experience of pupils. This role involves providing tailored support to students facing challenges, fostering their emotional well-being, and promoting academic success. You'll collaborate with a passionate team, utilizing your communication and organizational skills to make a significant impact on students' lives. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking educational environment that values diversity and commitment to safeguarding. If you're enthusiastic about supporting children's learning journeys, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Well-resourced teaching environment

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Supervision support

Living Wage employer

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children with additional needs, such as ASC and ADHD.
• Understanding of ACES, TIASS, and emotion coaching.
• Ability to use IT skills for paperwork linked to caseload.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support and small group work for pupils.
• Work with parents and other agencies to address barriers to learning.
• Enhance emotional well-being and self-confidence of pupils.

Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Empathy

IT Skills

Behaviour Management

Education

GCSE Grade C or above in Maths

GCSE Grade C or above in English

A-levels (desirable)

Degree (preferable)

Level 3 TA Qualification (desirable)

Job description

Start date: 1 September 2025

Hours per week: 36.5, Term time only

World's End Junior School
Worlds End Lane
Birmingham
B32 2SA
Telephone number: 0121 464 5913

Contact email: [e-mail]

Contract type: Permanent

World’s End Junior School is a vibrant, inclusive and forward-thinking school, with a reputation of high academic standards; a strong-values driven ethos and an enriched curriculum that pupils enjoy.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly skilled level 3 learning mentor to join our pastoral team.

The successful candidate will be working with our pupils to provide support that enhances existing provision in order to facilitate learning, reduce barriers to learning, improve attendance and punctuality, improve attainment, educational outcomes and promote self-confidence and the emotional well-being of pupils, as well as contributing to school wide knowledge and skills in behaviour management. Previous and/or current experience of working with children in a pastoral capacity is essential.

The successful candidate will be required to provide support in addressing the needs of a case load of pupils who are demotivated or disengaged to overcome a range of barriers to learning. This support is likely to include working individually with pupils, working with pupils in small groups, working with other parties/agencies including parents.

Providing one to one support and some small group work will also be a key part of this role. You will be an outstanding and empathetic individual who is dedicated to ensuring all children achieve. You must be able to work well as part of a team and also as an individual and have excellent communication and organisational skills.

Competencies against the following will also be assessed:

• recent experience in supporting children with additional needs, including ASC, ADHD
• an understanding of ACES, TIASS and emotion coaching
• knowledge of pastoral interventions
• ability to use IT skills to complete paperwork linked to caseload
• an understanding that behaviour communicates a need
• recent experience of supporting pupils in a pastoral role
• level 3 TA qualification (desirable)

We provide a well-resourced, excellent teaching and learning environment, CPD and supervision.
It is essential that all applicants have GCSE Grade C or above in Maths and English; A-levels and degree preferable, but not essential. A high standard of literacy, numeracy and ICT skills are a must.

Informal conversations are strongly recommended. Please call our school office on 0121 464 5913 to arrange a convenient time to book a telephone conversation.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to apply

Please call our school office on 0121 464 5913 for an Application Pack.

completed application forms should be returned to:[e-mail]

World’s End Junior School positively welcomes applications from all sections of the community.This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

BCC is a Living Wage employer

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.