LEARNING MENTOR

Lancashire County Council; Preston; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Car user

Job summary

Moorbrook School, Moorbrook is seeking a Learning Mentor to join our multidisciplinary support team. You will work with a caseload of pupils with diverse needs on bespoke programmes away from the main site, building trusting relationships and delivering targeted interventions to support development and readiness for adulthood.

The role is part-time and term-time only. A car user post is essential for travel to pupils and partner settings.

Qualifications

• Essential: Working at national occupational standards for learning, development and support services and knowledge/skills equivalent to current national qualifications at level 3.

Responsibilities

• Support a caseload of pupils with social, emotional, mental health, physical and learning needs.
• Deliver personalised direct work to support development, including social skills, emotional regulation and resilience.
• Travel regularly to pupils, alternative provisions, community settings and partner agencies across the local area.

Skills

Calm, caring nature

Relationship building

Education

NOS Level 3 equivalent

Job description

Location Moorbrook School, Ainslie Road, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 3DB (83 on roll).

Tel: [phone]. School website: www.moorbrook.lancsngfl.ac.uk Summary Are you keen to make a difference? Do you have resilience, a calm caring nature and an understanding of challenges pupils can face when engaging with education? Can you build trusting professional relationships with young people and their families? Read on.

Moorbrook is a small SEMH specialist school for secondary age pupils, we are continually growing. Currently we are seeking a learning mentor to join our highly effective multidisciplinary support team who work with pupils on our MIP project (Moorbrook individual packages).

Join a dedicated and highly committed team that is passionate about securing the best possible educational outcomes for young people, many of whom are neurodiverse and/or have experienced adverse childhood experiences. The impact of our newly established MIP team on pupils who have previously found education difficult to access has been significant, making this an exciting opportunity to be part of a developing and innovative provision.

As a Pupil Support Mentor, you will support a caseload of young people with a range of social, emotional, mental health, physical and learning needs who are educated away from the main school site through bespoke programmes tailored to their individual circumstances.

A key aspect of the role will involve building positive, trusting relationships with pupils and planning and delivering personalised direct work to support their development. This may include interventions focused on social skills, emotional regulation, resilience, self-esteem, preparation for adulthood, careers education and employability skills.

This is an essential car user post, requiring regular travel to pupils, alternative provisions, community settings and partner agencies across the local area.

We are looking for someone who has a genuine passion for improving the lives and life chances of vulnerable young people. The successful candidate will be adaptable, resilient and committed to helping pupils overcome barriers to engagement and achievement.

This role would suit candidates with experience in areas such as:

• Teaching Assistant or Learning Support
• Youth Work
• Family Support
• Social Care or Social Work
• Youth Justice
• Alternative Provision
• Mental Health or Wellbeing Support

If you are motivated by making a meaningful difference and enjoy working creatively to meet the needs of young people, we would love to hear from you.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

This position is part time, term time only, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent. If successful, the salary received will be paid on a pro –rata basis.

Essential Qualifications

• Working at national occupational standards (NOS) for learning, development and support services and knowledge / skills equivalent to current national qualifications in learning, development and support services for children, young people and those who care for them at level 3.

Essential Experience

• Supporting young people and or families.

Desirable Experience

• Teaching Assistant or Learning Support
• Youth Work
• Family Support
• Social Care or Social Work
• Youth Justice
• Alternative Provision
• Mental Health or Wellbeing Support

Proposed Interview Date: 01/12/2026

Equal Opportunities statement An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community Rehabilitation Rehabilitation

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request.

Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all people in terms of recruitment, selection and employment, and is a Disability Confident employer, which means that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed. However, commitment to this standard is on an individual school basis and, therefore, if you are applying for a position within a school, you will need to check with the school whether they have made the decision to comply with this standard.

Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.