SEN Post 16 Mentor Stockport

Young Giants Ltd; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

An educational support service in Stockport is seeking passionate SEN Tutors and Mentors to assist learners in their home settings. The role involves delivering tailored tuition sessions, providing support with life skills, and ensuring a positive learning environment. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree, experience with SEN learners, and a commitment to quality education. The position offers competitive hourly pay and requires flexible hours.

Benefits

Hourly Pay Rate: £30.00 - £40.00

Travel contribution: £7 per learner

Access to head office support

Part of an esteemed team

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years teaching or mentoring SEN learners, including those with Autism, ADHD, SEMH.
• Enhanced DBS and understanding of safeguarding.
• Commitment to maintaining schedule adherence in lesson timings.

Responsibilities

• Deliver KS1-4 Maths and English sessions tailored to individual learners.
• Provide support with life skills and employability.
• Reflect on past educational experiences to support future decisions.

Skills

Dedication to academic development

Compassion and empathy

Creative learning approach

Knowledge supporting children with SEND

Ability to travel

Education

Minimum Bachelor's Degree

Strong youth work experience

Job description

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Join Our Team as a SEN KS1-4 Tutor &/or Mentor in Stockport!

Are you ready to embark on a fulfilling journey in SEN Tutoring? Young Giants is currently seeking passionate SEN Tutors and Mentors to support learners in the Stockport area for an immediate start. The tuition or mentoring provision is in-person as one-to-one sessions. These take place in the learner's home setting or a venue within the community. This is a unique opportunity to use your experience and personal qualities to make a positive impact on a person's life and enable them to fulfil their potential. If you're dedicated, resilient and a force for good, read on!

Young Giants is a holistic and inclusive term-time tuition and mentoring service, providing an alternative education provision supporting children who are temporarily out of school, as day time one-to-one tuition and mentoring.

As a managed education service, we remain responsible for the management and quality of education provided to each of our learners.

Founded and run by qualified teachers, we work closely alongside our tutors in assessing and maintaining effective needs-based programmes of education support.

Empowerment and respect are at the heart of everything we do and believe in at Young Giants.

Changing outcomes, changing lives and re-engaging children and young people with their education is the driving force behind our work. We strive to enable a positive impact on the lives of all our learners. We nurture a supportive environment for our learners and tutors. Our team of tutors is one of our biggest assets.

Young Giants is a positive place for both our learners and our staff, our collaborative approach ensures tutors feel safe and supported as part of a team, and our learners feel heard.

Your Role at Young Giants

Mentoring roles involve supporting a learner to reflect on past experiences in education and look towards their future (this can include supporting with life skills, college applications, CV writing, travel training and employability - bespoke planning based on individual learner need - support provided with planning).

Tutoring roles require a tutor to play a crucial role in delivering a bespoke educational plan in an engaging and meaningful way. Your responsibilities will include:

• Deliver KS1-4 Maths and English sessions with additional subjects according to your specialism and Post 16 support with life skills, accessing the community, employability and further education links
• Ability to provide a creative learning approach; incorporating a variety of activities based on the learners' interests to aid learning engagement
• Ability to offer support as a mentor with life skills and facilitate preparation for adulthood; college applications, employability
• Demonstrate confidence and knowledge supporting children with SEND
• Adhere to consistent fixed termly timetables with scheduled lesson times

Both roles require a commitment to fixed termly timetables with scheduled lesson times.

You offer Young Giants

• Dedication to the overall academic development of the learners and support re‑engagement in learning
• Commitment to fixed termly timetables and ensuring lessons run as scheduled to provide a predictable and reliable provision which the learner deserves
• Understand it hasn't always been an easy path travelled to this point for our learners, compassion and empathy are key
• Minimum Bachelor's Degree or strong youth work experience/qualification
• Minimum 2 years teaching or mentoring SEN learners including those with Autism, ADHD & SEMH within SEND schools, youth groups or private settings
• Enhanced DBS on the DBS Update system or self fund the fee of £65.50
• Competent understanding of safeguarding and uphold mandatory training
• Ability to travel to outlined location

What Young Giants offer

• Hourly Pay Rate: £30.00 - £40.00
• Weekly hours: Various Part time or full time hours on a self employed / PAYE basis
• Travel contribution: £7 to each learner's location
• Part of an esteemed team: We are leading the way and we want you to join us
• Join a network: Daily access to head office support from qualified teachers to enhance the learning experience
• Typical sessions: These will vary but tend to be during a typical 'school day'

Become a SEN Tutor at Young Giants and join a team that truly cares!

Interested?

Our Recruitment Team would love to hear from you.

For more information, please call our team on 0208 068 6803 or email [e-mail]