SEN Education Mentor Term-time in Abingdon

Is your career in care as rewarding as it could be? Are you seeking flexible or part-time hours that fit your lifestyle? Have you ever imagined a fun and impactful career in education outside the traditional classroom setting? At MacIntyre, we offer incredible perks and the opportunity to make a genuine difference! Our commitment to the individuals we support is woven into our DNA and values.

Could you inspire young people with learning disabilities? No prior experience is needed—we provide all the training you need! All you require is a UK manual driving license and a GCSE Grade C (or equivalent) in English and Maths.

Role Details: This is a term‑time position covering 39 weeks a year, working with students from 9 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday to Friday. While most of your work will be during term time, you’ll also commit to up to three weeks of training and development during academic holidays.

Job Security and Career Development: The Relief (Bank) position supports our permanent staff by filling shifts during annual leave, training, and other absences. While hours may be non‑specific, your manager will work to balance the needs of the service with your work‑life balance. At MacIntyre No Limits, we pride ourselves on our supportive and friendly culture. We place the students we support at the heart of everything we do, striving to create a meaningful impact and change lives.

Role of Education Mentors: As an Education Mentor, you’ll work at our base in Abingdon College and in the community, providing tuition on vital life skills such as using public transport, managing money, and accessing local resources like libraries and sports centres. We support students with special educational needs, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and communication difficulties, aged 16‑25. Our focus is on fostering a nurturing environment that utilises their interests and passions to enhance learning. Our team consists of confident and skilled individuals who build positive relationships, break down barriers, and help students develop self‑esteem. Thanks to their dedication, our students achieve outstanding results and reach their goals.

Thank you for considering No Limits as your potential workplace. We look forward to the possibility of working together to create a positive impact on the lives of our students. Please note that we are currently unable to offer sponsorships while we await further guidance from the Home Office. Applications requiring sponsorship cannot be considered at this time. Thank you for your understanding.

About You: What we need from you: If you have not worked in the field of education before then please don’t be put off as no experience is needed. We can provide all of the specialist training you need, but we can't train you to be kind, to have initiative, to be friendly and patient; and those are essential qualities for this work.

About Us: MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism. We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions. Our No Limits division provides bespoke education programmes to children and young people for whom more traditional learning environments may not have worked.

Training and Development: At MacIntyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face‑to‑face training and mentoring support whilst on the job. But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in‑house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge. If you do not have an educational qualification, we will support you to complete the Level 3 Award in Education and Training.

Pay and Rewards: We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

• 5.6 weeks of annual leave including statutory public holidays
• Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
• MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
• MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
• You will qualify for a Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
• Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)

The salary range above is dependent upon whether someone has a teaching qualification, and the range is the actual term‑time rate for the job.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity Statement: MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining. MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support.

This post is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement.