Learning Support Mentor in Cambridge

Are you a dedicated advocate for inclusion who is passionate about empowering young people to achieve their full potential? Can you work collaboratively to break down barriers to education and guide students with diverse learning needs toward greater independence? If you are looking for a stable, permanent role within a vibrant further education environment in Cambridgeshire, we want to hear from you.

We are seeking a proactive and versatile Learning Support Mentor to join a high‑quality support team operating across campuses in Cambridge and Huntingdon. In this role, you will work within the Service Industries department, providing essential support to further education students with a wide range of learning difficulties and disabilities—including Autistic Spectrum Disorders, D/Deaf students, physical access needs, visual impairments, and language impairments. Your core mission is to empower these young people to access the curriculum fully, hit their targets, and build the independence required for their future lives and careers.

Responsibilities

• Academic & Metacognitive Support: Collaborate with lecturing staff and assessors across diverse learning environments. Assist students with reading materials, note‑taking, word processing, utilising enabling technologies, defining complex language, and developing core metacognitive skills.
• Empowering Personalised Outcomes: Directly support young people to make measurable progress toward their personalised learning goals, including specific targets outlined in their Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs).
• Resource Adaptation: Dynamically modify and adapt classroom resources to ensure accessibility, such as enlarging text, simplifying carrier language, and recommending differentiation strategies to teaching staff.
• Therapy Intervention Support: Assist with the delivery of tailored therapy interventions—including Physiotherapy and Speech & Language Therapy—strictly following the guidance and programmes designed by certified professionals.
• Holistic & Community Supervision: Provide vital support outside the formal classroom setting, including during breaks, lunchtimes, pre‑arranged educational trips, and the delivery of study programmes off‑campus.
• Vigilant Safeguarding & Welfare: Actively assist colleagues in identifying student support needs, expressing timely concerns regarding student welfare (safeguarding), and referring students to learner services when necessary.
• Administrative Excellence: Maintain precise, daily records of student attendance, target‑setting, and progression on internal tracking systems (Pro‑Monitor) to ensure all provided support is transparently documented.
• Review & Consultation: Work directly with students to review their ongoing support needs, and attend statutory annual review meetings with parents and external key workers when requested.

What you’ll bring to the team

• The Right Attitude: A profound commitment to the principles of inclusion, diversity, and student empowerment.
• Adaptability: The ability to support students across a wide range of vocational environments within the Service Industries department, moving confidently between theoretical classrooms and practical workspaces.
• Communication Skills: The ability to modify your communication style to effectively support students with language impairments, hearing loss, or neurodiverse profiles.
• Collaboration & Team Spirit: A willingness to contribute effectively to team meetings, focus on continuous learning support improvements, and undertake ongoing professional development.
• Compliance: This post is defined as a regulated activity. You must hold, or be willing to undergo, an Enhanced DBS criminal records check with Barred List clearance, to be renewed every 4 years.

Job details & benefits

• Salary: APT&C Scale 4 - £24,577 per annum
• Working Hours: 37 hours per week, offering a structured and consistent full‑time routine.
• Contract Schedule: Term‑Time Only (38 weeks per year), aligning perfectly with the academic calendar. Holiday entitlement is conveniently incorporated into the annual salary.
• Contract Type: Permanent, offering long‑term professional stability.
• Pension Scheme: Access to the highly secure Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Dual‑Location Flexibility: Based across established campus sites in Cambridge and Huntingdon.

How to apply

If you are a dedicated and supportive individual ready to make a difference in a school setting, please apply immediately with your CV or contact Neeraj at neeraj.kommaravalli@randstad.co.uk for more information.