Children and Young Peoples Skills Mentor

**Children and Young Peoples Skills Mentor**:
**Closing date**: 12/02/2024**Reference**: REQ105184
- 37 hours / Temporary- 29,269 - 31,364 *- Aberaeron- *All salary values are pro-rata.- About the roleWe are looking to recruit a Children and Young People’s Skills Mentor to join our busy team full-time basis.

This is an exciting role within the service providing the opportunity to work with young people from the community and improve their educational outcomes within a bespoke and person-centered educational setting.

On a day to day basis you will:

- Formulate and coordinate educational and wellbeing packages of support that meet the Additional Learning needs of our pupils
- Ensure the Health, safety and wellbeing of all pupils who attend the unit by working in a multi-agency capacity
- Provide and coordinate high quality pastoral care by coordinating programs and interventions
- Create an inclusive, comfortable and happy Unit environment to ensure good pupil engagement and wellbeing
- Work as part of a team to ensure effective daily provision within the unit

We are looking to recruit an individual that has:

- Good Communication and interpersonal Skills
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Excellent behaviour management skills
- Positive, inclusive attitude towards diversity
- Ability to relate well to vulnerable/challenging pupils and young people
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Be flexible in your approach and be able to problem-solve
- Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities
- Excellent awareness of relevant policies / procedures / processes related to the post (e.g. attachment awareness, safeguarding, accreditations)
- To be innovative and creative in your approach to supporting vulnerable and challenging young people
- Ability to be trustworthy and reliable, and to respect confidentiality
- To be organized and be able to multi-task
- Ability to maintain a professional relationship whilst working with young people and external delivery partners

Job Description and Person Specification
- What we offer- Work-life balance- Lifestyle savings scheme- Generous employer pension scheme- Cycle to work scheme- Learning and development- Where you'll work**Schools and Culture**

We offer appropriate challenge and support to our schools, to help them deliver first class education to all pupils, across the age and ability range. Our primary functions are as follows:

- School Improvement: Leadership; Support and Challenge, Teaching and Learning; Digital Literacy; Literacy and Numeracy; Welsh in Education
- Additional Learning Needs: Provision for pupils with Additional Learning Needs, Inclusion; Attendance; Educational Psychology
- Pupil Wellbeing:Counselling; Welfare; Anti-Bullying, Pupil Voice
- Education Governance: Data ; Governor Support, Policy support
- School Admissions
- Culture: Music Service; Cered; Felinfach Theatre; Museum
- Infrastructure and Resources: Planning School Places; Modernisation and Twenty First Century Schools Programme; Buildings; Grants
- Catering: Day Centres; Primary Schools; Residential homes.
- Childcare Unit: Childcare Sufficiency Assessment; Childcare & Play Grant; Childcare Offer; Out of School (After School Clubs and Holiday Playschemes); Day Nursery, Cylch/Playgroup & Childminder business support and staff training

**Aberaeron**

Aberaeron is a picture perfect harbour town and is one of Ceredigion's best loved holiday destinations with fashionable places to stay and eat.