Support Mentors

🕒 8:30–15:30 | 📅 Term-Time Only | Temporary to Permanent Opportunities

Have you worked in care, youth work, or a people-focused role and loved the job – but can’t keep up with night shifts, weekend hours, or the lack of work-life balance?

This could be your perfect next step.

We’re looking for dedicated, compassionate, and reliable support staff to join a range of SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) and SEMH (Social, Emotional & Mental Health) education settings across the Hastings and the outskirts. 

💼 The Role:

• Support children and young people aged 5–18 with additional needs

• Provide classroom-based support or 1:1 assistance

• Help create safe, engaging, and supportive learning environments

• Be a consistent, caring presence in the lives of young learners

• Work closely with teachers, therapists, and families

🔄 Transferable Skills Welcome!

You don’t need school experience – just the right attitude.
We’d love to hear from you if you’ve worked in:

• Care work (adults or children)

• Support work or social care

• Youth work or mentoring

• Customer service

• Early years or nursery settings

• Physiology graduate looking for your next step

• Mental health or wellbeing roles

✅ What You’ll Need:

• A calm, nurturing approach

• Great communication and teamwork skills

• Patience, resilience, and a genuine passion for helping others

• A willingness to learn and adapt

• Experience with SEND, ASD, or behaviour support is a bonus – but not essential

📚 Why This Role?

• Term-time only – perfect for work-life balance

• Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 3:30pm

• Temporary with the potential to go permanent

• Full training and ongoing support provided

• A chance to make a real, lasting difference

If you’re looking for a rewarding role that fits around your life – and gives you purpose every day – apply now and join our team of outstanding support staff making an impact in education.

*Important Notice: To successfully apply for the above position, you should be eligible to work in the UK or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. Pink Tile is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. During the application process, you will be required to:

• Provide details for us to complete reference checks before employment.
• Provide an Enhanced DBS on the update service or be willing to obtain one (which Pink Tile can assist with).

Pink Tile Education, their schools and candidates all share the view of “Best Fit, Every Time” and our role is to ensure that every candidate we place has a positive impact on the team of their new employers. Please note the pay is inclusive of the 12.07% PAYE holiday.

We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we sometimes cannot reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time, your application may have been unsuccessful on this specific occasion, but we encourage you to apply for positions that you may see in the future. Alternatively, please check missed calls and all your email folders as it may have been that we have tried to reach you. Thank you.*