Key Role Information

Salary
£28,000.00
Job type
Part Time
Contract type
Fixed Term
Closing
25/08/2026 23:00
Interview
TBC
Contract term
TTO - Term time only
Pay grade
N/A
Department
Teaching
Key stage
Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4
Hours per week
20.00
Weeks per year
52.000
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Role: Learning Support Mentor

Salary: £28000 (FTE)


Safeguarding Statement

Red Balloon Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be conditional of the satisfactory completion of safeguarding training and pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and barred list check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (and its amendments), and applicants must declare all convictions, cautions, or reprimands, including those considered ‘spent'.


Please see the 'Safeguarding Information' section of this advert for further information.


How to Apply

In line with safer recruitment practices, we are only able to accept applications via our application forms, which can be accessed by following the application link on our recruitment portal available here: Vacancies - SAMpeople Recruit. You can save your application at any point and come back to it at a later stage. 


●      All applicants will be contacted to advise if they have been shortlisted for an interview


Equal Opportunities

Red Balloon Educational Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating a diverse workforce.

 

We'll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.


Eligibility for Employment

Thank you for your interest in Red Balloon.Please note at this time, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa, therefore, all potential employees must be eligible for employment in the United Kingdom.


Details regarding the right to work can be found here: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK

Qualifications

Meet Higher Level Teaching Assistant standards or equivalent qualifications or experience desirable
Degree or equivalent qualificationdesirable

Skills

Experience

Experience of working with SEND and SEMH young peopleessential

Personal Attributes

Discretion and confidentialityessential
Ability to relate well to children and adultsessential
Dedicatedessential

About Us

Red Balloon Educational Trust (RBET) is a UK charity that provides an alternative provision to young people studying at KS3-4 unable to attend mainstream school due to bullying, mental health issues, trauma or neurodivergence. We provide tailored educational, wellbeing and social re-engagement programmes.


RBET Aylesbury is a new Centre which opened September 2025 to support young people around Buckinghamshire - if you have any questions please visit our website!

Red Balloon Aylesbury

Sarah James

sarah.james@rbet.ac

15
Walton Terrace
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP21 7QY
Sarah James
sarah.james@rbet.ac

Safeguarding Information

Every learner has the right to flourish and be safe from harm and abuse. As a professional within Red Balloon Educational Trust; we all have a duty to keep our students safe and healthy.


Safeguarding is the action taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. It means:

  • protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
  • preventing harm to children's health or development
  • ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
  • taking action to enable all children and young people have the best outcomes


Red Balloon Educational Trust has policies and procedures to ensure that every single learner, regardless of their age, disability, gender, race, religion, or belief, sex or sexual orientation, has a right to equal protection from harm. It's so important that everyone at Red Balloon Educational Trust knows what to look out for and how to report any concerns.


Safeguarding policies may be available at Trust level or be held by each Centre individually. All Safeguarding related policies and procedures are available on our website. Every Centre will ensure all staff complete training to ensure we all understand good practice and how to safeguard our learners and ourselves.


Due to the role involving engaging in regulated activity with young people, it is an offence to apply for the role if the you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Safeguarding is Red Balloon Educational Trust's priority. No member of staff will have access to work with learners until all required training has been completed.