Learning Mentor Apprentice
SV ACADEMY LTD
LONDON (SE9 1DA)
Closes in 19 days (Friday 13 February 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 22 January 2026
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Summary
SV Academy needs proactive, positive people who are ready for a challenge and have a passion for helping young people achieve, no matter what the barrier. Our Learning Mentors are role models, supporting London's most vulnerable youth to inspire and motivate positive change. Are you ready for a demanding but rewarding role?
- Wage
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£19,000 a year
- Training course
- Learning and skills mentor (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday- Friday, 8.45am- 3.30pm. This position can be offered as term time only if required (e.g. for carers) or full-time.
33 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 23 February 2026
- Duration
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1 year
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Support the delivery of tailored teaching activities, a one-to-one basis or in small groups
- Support pupils to engage in learning and stay on task
- Support the social and emotional development of pupils
- Help prepare classroom resources
- Provide support outside class, helping during exams, covering teacher absences, and accompanying school trips
- Support breakfast & after-school club, revision, lunch duties, creative & vocational tasks, PE
Where you'll work
MODERN HOUSE
6 ELTHAM HIGH STREET
LONDON
SE9 1DA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
FAREPORT TRAINING ORGANISATION LIMITED
Training course
Learning and skills mentor (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Conduct sustainable mentoring practice within organisational and professional boundaries, and legal and ethical requirements, including safeguarding
- Establish and maintain mentoring contracts with mentees and where relevant, other stakeholders
- Conduct mentoring sessions according to agreed plans
- Implement established mentoring tools and techniques to help the mentee work towards agreed outcomes
- Maintain records of mentoring practice, complying with quality, confidentiality and data protection requirements
- Establish and use assessed starting points to establish agreed outcomes of the mentoring process
- Assess and review progress and achievement of agreed outcomes and revise action plans as appropriate
- Maintain mentoring relationship through a non-judgemental and objective approach
- Use questioning techniques to encourage reflection and progression
- Provide feedback to the mentee to inform progression
- Inform, advise and guide the mentee to support development toward agreed outcomes
- Apply theories and models of evaluation and reflection to support mentee development
- Monitor and reflect on own mentoring practice, including feedback from supervision, to develop self
- Apply evidence based mentoring practice informed by own research
- Conduct sustainable mentoring practice within organisational and professional boundaries, and legal and ethical requirements, including safeguarding
- Establish and maintain mentoring contracts with mentees and where relevant, other stakeholders
- Conduct mentoring sessions according to agreed plans
- Implement established mentoring tools and techniques to help the mentee work towards agreed outcomes
- Maintain records of mentoring practice, complying with quality, confidentiality and data protection requirements
- Establish and use assessed starting points to establish agreed outcomes of the mentoring process
- Assess and review progress and achievement of agreed outcomes and revise action plans as appropriate
- Maintain mentoring relationship through a non-judgemental and objective approach
- Use questioning techniques to encourage reflection and progression
- Provide feedback to the mentee to inform progression
- Inform, advise and guide the mentee to support development toward agreed outcomes
- Apply theories and models of evaluation and reflection to support mentee development
- Monitor and reflect on own mentoring practice, including feedback from supervision, to develop self
- Apply evidence based mentoring practice informed by own research
Training schedule
Apprentices will work towards a Learning Mentor Level 4 qualification, through a mix of on-the-job training and off-the-job learning, which may be based at the workplace or offsite at an apprenticeship training provider
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
This position will involve working with young people and will require a DBS (police) check, which we will arrange. You should declare any convictions or cautions at interview; these will not necessarily prevent you from getting the job but should be declared at interview. Please see our Safer Recruitment Policy for more info.
About this employer
SV is an award-winning creative arts organisation and nurture school, offering education, training, music production and studio hire. We are an OFSTED-registered independent school and an urban music specialist, offering opportunities to disadvantaged young people. With a focus on social justice and inclusion, we seek to offer creative, inspiring, life-changing opportunities for progression and personal development.
After this apprenticeship
- SV Academy is keen to nurture new talent, and our apprentices usually progress to more senior roles within our organisation
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
FAREPORT TRAINING ORGANISATION LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000010180.
Apply now
Closes in 19 days (Friday 13 February 2026 at 11:59pm)