Trainee SEND Learning Mentor

Abbey School is an independent school for children and young people with autism, whom may have additional learning difficulties and behaviours that challenge.

The aim of this programme is to give enthusiastic individuals who have transferrable skills, the training and experience shadowing pupil facing staff throughout the whole school day, with the goal of becoming a full-time permanent Learning Mentor at Abbey School. Candidates who will be successfully enrolled onto this programme must have the intention that they will commit to the full time Learning Mentor role at the end of the programme. For further information about our Learning Mentor role please see the Learning Mentor job description.

This training programme will take place between 24^th February -  14^th March 2025 and successful individuals will be paid £1200.00 for this three week programme. It is important that you attend all dates of the training programme. Trainee Learning Mentor’s will have weekly check-ins, and the conditional offer of a permanent role is dependent on progress over the three week period and class feedback.

If you are offered a permanent role at the end of this training programme, you will then start as a full-time, permanent Learning Mentor on the 17^th March 2025, with a salary of £23,539 per year. The salary will be split evenly between 12 months, and you will only be required to work during school term time (having half-terms, Easter, Summer, and Christmas off).

Our training programme will include induction training which has been designed in strategic partnership with two leading UK universities, and you will also observe our skilled team of pupil facing staff deliver the highest quality of education. You will shadow our Learning Mentors, who work with pupils both individually and in small groups supporting them to overcome barriers to learning, delivering teaching, providing positive behaviour support and delivering other focused interventions. You will learn about supporting pupils through every aspect of daily school life. You will not be required to work on a 1:1 basis unsupervised throughout the training programme.  

You will learn our core ethos and values, and have extensive theory and practical training to understand how best to support working with children and young people with autism whom may have additional learning difficulties and behaviours that challenge.

This brilliant opportunity will give you a wealth of ground breaking evidence-based knowledge and training, both theory and practical. We are a unique school that is experiencing a period of growth, and so we are looking to share our knowledge and outstanding practices with graduates who are looking to develop a career within special educational needs.

For more information please contact: office@abbeyschool.com