Pastoral Support Mentor

**Role: Pastoral Support Mentor**

**Hours**: 36.25 per week
- Permanent - Term time only

**Salary**:£27,945 - £30,342 (Pro rata £24,811.94 to £26,940.20)

**Employer Pension Contribution**: 20.8% (£5,812.56-£6,311.13) (Pro-Rata £5,160.88- £5,603.56)

**Location**:Various (although requirements across the Group may require cover at other sites)

The Trafford & Stockport College Group (TSCG) has a fantastic opportunity for a new Pastoral Support Mentor to join the Learner Services Team across various campuses to help us achieve our vision of unlocking potential and fostering success by helping young people to become their best self.

**The Job**:
In this role you will work collaboratively with learners to achieve and progress by supporting them in relation to their social and emotional wellbeing, their mental health and any personal and college issues that prevent them from achieving their potential. Key areas of responsibility include:

- To undertake group and 1:1 meetings with a cohort of learners identified as requiring intervention.
- To work collaboratively with the Centre Manager and curriculum teams to follow up concerns regarding achievement, retention and/or behaviour to create a tiered intervention approach.
- To build and maintain supportive relationships (one to one and small groups) to assist in the personal and social development of students by providing appropriate guidance and support.
- To assist the Centre Manager with all aspects of delivery of the Group’s mental health, emotional and social wellbeing strategy to provide support for the most vulnerable students at college.
- To identify concerns, risks and barriers to students’ progress and work with parents/carers, colleagues and external agencies in order to overcome them.
- To act as Designated Safeguarding Officer and act on student safeguarding referrals within the allocated departmental area, attending any relevant multi-agency meetings.

**About you**:
To be successful in this role you must have
- Experience working with learners who have been identified as “at risk” and/or vulnerable
- Have an understanding of safeguarding in line with the Child Protection and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy
- Relation practice at the heart of all interactions with learners
- Business insurance

**About TSCG: -A Great Place to Work**

Every year, thousands of students join us on courses that are designed to further their career prospects, enable transition to higher education or simply satisfy a desire to learn new skills and support well-being.

**Benefits**
- Generous contributory company pension scheme 20.8% (£5,812.56-£6,311.13) (Pro-Rata £5,160.88- £5,603.56)
- Childcare discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Continuous Professional Development
- Free Parking
- Staff Wellbeing Day

Staff at Trafford & Stockport College Group go above and beyond to ensure that our students get the best possible teaching and support to enable them to reach their ambitions. We expect the very highest standards for all students, and this is evidenced year after year by our achievement and progression outcomes.

TSCG is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. As part of our commitment to being a Disability Confident Employer, all disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the job, as set out in the job description and person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

This position is open to direct applicants only.