Nurture Mentor - Community Outreach

Senploy; Stafford; In loco; GBP 17.000 - 25.000; Part-time

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Senploy is seeking compassionate Nurture Mentors for 1:1 support with children and young people in Stafford and surrounding areas. Flexible, part-time hours with a focus on building trust and personalised learning.

Sessions may occur at home or in community settings, adapting to each learner's needs. You'll use a bespoke nurture curriculum to help learners rebuild confidence, develop skills and gradually reconnect with education.

Competenze

• Relevant experience supporting children or young people with SEND.
• Ability to build trust and nurture positive relationships.
• Experience working in 1:1 mentoring or support roles.

Mansioni

• Build positive, trusting relationships with each young person.
• Support emotional regulation and boost confidence.
• Develop communication, social and independent skills.
• Encourage engagement through interests and practical activities.
• Introduce positive routines and achievable goals.
• Help learners access learning activities at their own pace.
• Reduce barriers to education for each learner.
• Recognise, celebrate and record individual progress.

Conoscenze

Empathy

Patience

Relationship-building

Communication

Resilience

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1:1 SEND Nurture Mentor - Alternative Provision & Outreach | Stafford

Location: Stafford, Staffordshire & Surrounding Areas

Rate: Competitive hourly rate, dependent on experience

Hours: Flexible / Part-Time

Start: ASAP

No QTS required

Could You Help a Young Person Find Their Way Back to Learning?

For some children and young people, education has become something they associate with anxiety, frustration or feeling unsuccessful.

Before they can begin learning again, they may need someone who can build trust, understand their needs and help them feel safe enough to try.

SEND Inclusion Support is looking for compassionate, resilient and experienced Nurture Mentors to provide individual 1:1 support to children and young people across Stafford and the surrounding areas.

This is a role for someone who understands that meaningful progress doesn't always begin with a lesson.

Sometimes it begins with a conversation, a shared activity, a positive relationship or simply showing up consistently.

You'll work with young people who need a nurturing, personalised approach to help them rebuild confidence, develop skills and gradually reconnect with education.

Sessions may take place in the young person's home, within the community or another agreed learning environment.

Who Will You Support?

Our young people may have:

• Autism and ADHD
• Autism and ADHD
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs
• Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)
• Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)
• Anxiety and emotional regulation difficulties
• Anxiety and emotional regulation difficultiesCommunication and interaction needs
• Communication and interaction needs
• Complex SEND
• Complex SEND
• Experienced extended periods out of education
• Experienced extended periods out of education
• Found mainstream education difficult to access
• Found mainstream education difficult to access

Some may be reluctant to engage with adults or educational activities. Others may struggle with routines, confidence, emotional regulation or social interaction.

Your role is to meet them where they are and help them take their next steps.

What Does a Nurture Mentor Do?

As a Nurture Mentor, you'll provide consistent, relationship-based support tailored to each young person's individual needs.

Your sessions might involve:

• Building positive, trusting relationships
• Building positive, trusting relationships
• Supporting emotional regulation and confidence
• Supporting emotional regulation and confidence
• Developing communication, social and independence skills
• Developing communication, social and independence skills
• Encouraging engagement through interests and practical activities
• Encouraging engagement through interests and practical activities
• Introducing positive routines and achievable goals
• Introducing positive routines and achievable goals
• Supporting young people to access learning activities at their own pace
• Supporting young people to access learning activities at their own pace
• Helping reduce barriers to education
• Helping reduce barriers to education
• Recognising, celebrating and recording individual progress
• Recognising, celebrating and recording individual progress

You'll use SEND Inclusion Support's bespoke Nurture Curriculum, a semi-formal curriculum designed for children and young people who may not currently be able to access mainstream education.

The curriculum provides a framework for purposeful, engaging sessions while allowing you to adapt activities around the young person's interests, needs and readiness to learn.

You don't need to be a qualified teacher. You do need to understand how to connect with young people, respond to their needs and create opportunities for positive progress.

You'll Be Supported Too.

Although you'll deliver sessions independently, you'll be part of a wider team of SEND professionals who understand the challenges of alternative provision.

You'll have access to:

• Paid planning time
• Paid planning time
• Our bespoke Nurture Curriculum
• Our bespoke Nurture Curriculum
• Resources and practical guidance
• Resources and practical guidance
• Regular specialist support
• Regular specialist support
• Weekly reporting and communication
• Weekly reporting and communication
• Termly Nurture Teacher Days
• Termly Nurture Teacher Days
• A wider network of experienced SEND professionals
• A wider network of experienced SEND professionals

This Could Suit You If:

You've worked with children or young people with additional needs and know how important relationships, consistency and patience can be.

You might have experience as a:

• Teaching Assistant or Higher Level Teaching Assistant
• Teaching Assistant or Higher Level Teaching Assistant
• SEND Support Worker
• SEND Support Worker
• Pastoral or Inclusion Support Worker
• Pastoral or Inclusion Support Worker
• Youth Worker
• Youth Worker

We're particularly interested in candidates who have experience supporting children and young people with autism, SEMH, EBSA, anxiety or complex SEND needs.

You’ll need:

• Relevant experience supporting children or young people with SEND
• Relevant experience supporting children or young people with SEND
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills
• Patience, empathy and emotional resilience
• Patience, empathy and emotional resilience
• An understanding of nurture-based and trauma-informed approaches
• An understanding of nurture-based and trauma-informed approaches
• Confidence supporting emotional regulation and positive engagement
• Confidence supporting emotional regulation and positive engagement
• Creativity in planning activities around individual interests
• Creativity in planning activities around individual interestsThe ability to work independently in home and community environments
• The ability to work independently in home and community environments
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting positive outcomes
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting positive outcomes

You do not need QTS or a formal teaching qualification. Your experience, understanding of SEND and ability to build meaningful relationships are what matter most.

Small Steps Can Make a Big Difference.

A young person who previously refused to engage begins looking forward to their sessions.

Someone who struggles to communicate starts to feel understood.

A pupil who has lost confidence begins to experience success again.

These moments might seem small, but they can be the foundations for lasting change.

Safeguarding

SEND Inclusion Support is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment and safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check, right to work verification, references and any other checks relevant to the role and setting.