Job Description:

Job Title: Learning Mentor - Behaviour Support
Area: Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Start Date: Monday 5th October 2026 or ASAP
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Daily Rate £600 - £750 per week (depending on experience)
Working Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 3:30pm, Term time

About the School:

We're working with a Rochdale school that puts people first - students, staff, and the wider community. If you want a role where you'll genuinely change lives, keep reading!

About the Role:

As a Learning Mentor with a focus on behaviour, you'll work closely with some of the school's most vulnerable students - building the kind of trusted, one-to-one relationships that create real and lasting change. Whether you're delivering a behaviour support session, conducting a home visit, or sitting alongside a student in class, your presence will make a tangible difference every single day.

This is a role for someone who is emotionally intelligent, calm under pressure, and genuinely motivated by seeing young people grow in confidence, attitude, and achievement.

What We're Looking For:

• Experience in a behaviour support, mentoring, or pastoral role - ideally within a school, alternative provision, or social care setting
• A confident, solutions-focused approach to challenging behaviour with a genuine belief in every student's potential
• Strong relationship-building skills with young people, families, and professional colleagues
• Emotionally resilient, adaptable, and calm in difficult or unpredictable situations
• Experience working with vulnerable pupils or those with social, emotional, and mental health needs
• Knowledge of restorative approaches and/or pastoral support planning would be a real advantage

To Be Eligible You Must:

• Hold Right to Work in the UK
• Have an enhanced DBS certificate already on the update service or be willing to apply for a new one
• Provide two professional references from child-related roles
• Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people

Ready to make a real difference? Apply today by sending us your most up-to-date CV. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero. Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people are responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.

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