Learning Support Mentor - SEN Focused at Shaftesbury Primary School

About Us

We are seeking a caring, patient, and enthusiastic Learning Support Mentor to support pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN) within our inclusive school community. The successful candidate will work closely with teachers and the SENCO to support students who require additional help to access learning and develop confidence both academically and socially.

This role may involve 1:1 support, small group work, and classroom assistance, helping to create a safe, structured, and positive learning environment.

The Successful Candidate Will

• Have experience in SEN.
• Have a passion for education and making a difference to children’s lives.
• Be passionate about providing a caring, nurturing environment, sympathetic to our Christian values.
• Be or have the potential to be an excellent classroom practitioner.
• Be confident to liaise with other professionals.
• Be able to inspire and motivate our learners.
• Have high expectations and a drive to enable pupils to be the best that they can be.
• Be able to promote high standards of behaviour.
• Have the desire to grow, learn, and lead.
• Have a positive and optimistic approach; are proactive and confident.
• Use resources, intellect, creativity, and innovation to be successful.
• Be committed to partnership, collaboration, and sharing.

Further Information

• SAST will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. In line with KCSIE guidance, this will be part of safer recruitment checks, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
• Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification and the post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, and 2020.
• The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.
• SAST recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce and is committed to building a workforce which reflects diversity from the communities it serves. SAST values the contributions from all staff from a wide range of different backgrounds and actively seeks to promote an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment and at the same time supports fair promotion and cultural acceptance. Under the provision of the Equality Act 2010 SAST welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment process which is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
• This role is UK-based and your right to work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.