SEN Education Mentor

SEN Education Mentor

Job reference:005213

Salary:£12.48 - £13.10 per hour based on qualification

Closing date:13/04/2026

Location:High Wycombe

Job Description

Are you looking for meaningful work where you can support young people to discover their strengths, grow in confidence, and build skills for life?

At Macintyre No Limits, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a life that makes sense to them. Our programmes support young people aged 16–25 with learning disabilities and/or autism to develop independence, confidence, and real-life skills.

Working pattern

• Term-time only – 39 weeks per year
• Full-time:38 hours per week (Monday–Friday, 9:00am – 4:36pm)
• Part-time:22.8 hours per week (days flexible)
• Up to 3 weeks of trainingduring school holidays

About the role

As a Teaching Facilitator, you’ll work alongside young people to explore their interests, build independence, and develop practical life skills. Learning doesn’t just happen in the classroom — it happens in real places and everyday situations.

You’ll support young people both from our Flackwell Heath base and out and about, helping students develop skills such as:

• Using

  public transport
• Managing money and shopping

• Building

  confidence in social situations

• Exploring

  interests, hobbies, and future opportunities

Following Macintyre’s person-centred approach, you’ll focus on what matters to each young person — recognising their strengths, celebrating achievements, and supporting them to take meaningful steps towards greater independence.

What we’re looking for

You don’t need previous experience in social care or education — what matters most is your values, enthusiasm, and belief in people’s potential. We’ll provide all the training and support you need.

You will need:

• A

  UK manual driving licence
• GCSE Grade C/4 (or equivalent) in English and Maths

• A positive, creative and flexible approach

• A genuine passion for

  person-centred support

Why join Macintyre?

At Macintyre, our culture is built on kindness, respect, creativity and working alongside people to achieve what matters to them. We’re proud to create an inclusive, supportive environment where both colleagues and the young people we support can thrive.

When you join Macintyre No Limits, you’ll be part of a passionate team committed to unlocking potential, celebrating individuality, and creating opportunities for young people to live fulfilling lives.

If you want a role where every day brings new opportunities to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

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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.

"Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsorships as we await further guidance from the Home Office. Applications requiring sponsorship cannot be considered at this time. We appreciate your understanding."

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' 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.

How to apply
If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.

Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call usand we will send an application form to you.

Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.

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.

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