Learning Mentor

Dovetail and Slate; Stroud; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Dovetail and Slate is seeking a Learning Mentor in Gloucestershire to support learners aged 16-25 with SEMH needs and additional difficulties. You will work as a key worker in a specialist provision, applying trauma-informed approaches to boost emotional wellbeing and readiness to learn.

The role runs Monday to Friday, 08:45–16:30, in a contract position that provides cover until the winter break. Collaboration with families and professionals is essential to enable learners to progress toward

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience working with young people with EHCPs or additional needs.
• Ability to communicate professionally and collaboratively with families and staff.
• Experience implementing trauma-informed approaches in education or care settings.
• Commitment to safeguarding and supporting learner wellbeing.
• Willingness to undergo enhanced DBS checks.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key worker for learners aged 16-25 with SEMH needs and learning difficulties.
• Build trusting relationships to support emotional wellbeing and independence.
• Apply trauma-informed, coaching-based approaches to aid readiness to learn.
• Support learners with EHCPs to engage in education and develop life skills.
• Collaborate with families, therapists and staff to achieve positive outcomes.
• Maintain accurate records and help learners progress toward goals.

Skills

Empathy

Trauma-informed care

Communication

Relationship-building

Job description

Learning Mentor

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 aged16-25with SEMH needs, autismand 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.

Important Notice

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.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

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