Mentor - Young People

The Life Shed is a tried and tested mentoring programme for young people who find the school environment challenging. We provide a space where children and teenagers who struggle to engage and achieve can find support from experienced, professional mentors who are skilled at managing behaviour, building positive relationships and enabling social and emotional development.

Our aim is to help young people grow in confidence, independence and self-belief so that they can become the best that they can be in a truly holistic sense.

We offer bespoke, individually designed, Emotional regulation Mentoring Programmes (ERMP) at the Life Shed facility in Shrewsbury, in school and through a range of outdoor activities designed to best meet each student's needs.

Job description

Life Shed is looking to appoint a Mentor who will be required to deliver positive mentoring support to young people aged who have a variety of needs, vulnerabilities, challenging behaviours and disengagement issues.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to nurture and support the young person whilst challenging and encouraging them. Previous experience in supporting young people with learning disabilities and mental health issues on a one-to-one basis is ideal but not essential.

Due to the difficulties of our young people, it is an essential part of our service to provide safe 1:1 transport, this removes barriers and increases accessibility but also provides a relaxed environment to build a relationship and interact with the students during the mentoring sessions, the successful candidate will be required to drive as part of their role, this at times can be 80+ miles depending on locations and session requirements.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Effectively engage with young people and develop positive trust-based, relationships to provide a high level of support.
• Support the young person in actively addressing barriers to education and support personal development, setting clear goals, short and medium term actions, consistent with the associated needs.
• Regularly review progress and challenges with each young person.
• Manage Health and Safety and Data Protection to legal standards.
• Work within, promote & maintain a high level of safeguarding procedures.
• Have an understanding of safeguarding procedures
• Work with the organisation to develop a bespoke individualised mentoring and support package for each young person.
• Managing & supporting challenging behaviours.
• Communicate regularly and effectively with the partner agencies & families.
• Communicate with the partner agency and other relevant partners to explore and access existing support and to address the identified support needs of the individual young people.
• Maintain an up-to-date record of individual action planning and support in order to evidence progress & targets.

Job Types: full-time or term-time only

Salary: Will be calculated on experience and contracted hours.

Benefits: Mileage Expenses

Education:

• Certificate of Higher Education (Preferred)
• Social/Youth care (Preferred)

Licence:

• Driving License (Required)

Other:

· Must have access to own vehicle with business insurance

• Current DBS on the update service (Preferred)
• Behaviour management Experience (Preferred)
• Mental Health Awareness (Preferred)
• Safeguarding Level 2 (Preferred)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £10,000.00-£25,480.00 per year

Benefits:

• Gym membership

Application question(s):

• Do you have a current DBS on the update service?

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Shrewsbury SY4 4AS