Learning mentors help students and pupils deal with any difficulties they have with their learning.
£14,500 Starter
to£23,000 Experienced
36 to 38 term time
evenings attending events or appointments
You can get into this job through:
There are qualifications that aren't essential but can help you to get started in this career, like:
You'll usually need:
You can do an advanced apprenticeship in supporting teaching and learning in schools.
You'll usually need:
You can volunteer to mentor children or young people.
You can apply directly to get into this type of work. You'll normally need:
Experience of other types of mentoring outside of education may also be helpful. Examples are peer-to-peer mentoring on anti-bullying projects, supporting people with disabilities or helping young people with health-related issues.
You'll need:
You'll need to:
Your day-to-day duties may include:
You could work at a client's home, at a school or at a college.
Your working environment may be emotionally demanding.
You could specialise in working with particular groups, like excluded students.
You could also move into more senior mentoring roles, with supervisory or co-ordinating duties.
With further training, you might work in student advice and guidance, teaching, speech and language therapy, educational welfare or social work.
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