Primary School Mentor

Salford Foundation are seeking to recruit an experienced Mentor to support young people aged 9-11 who have experienced trauma and are at risk of making negative choices. The programme will help provide young people with the tools to transition to secondary school effectively and support them through the changes that transitions bring.

You will provide them with a range of learning and development opportunities, mentoring and coaching and positive activities designed to increase aspiration and resilience. You will support them in reducing the risk of young people making negative future choices.

The programme is part of Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit’s funding round and works closely with an evaluation partner to understand the success of the programme and the opportunities for next steps.

Key Responsibilities:

• Building relationships with young people and their families
• Facilitating referral procedures and developing a close partnership with schools
• Completing research-based evaluation tools with young people on the programme
• Ensuring interventions are tailored to meet the needs of the individual
• Ensuring behaviour is sustained long-term
• Engaging in multi-agency work to meet the needs of young people
• Ensuring the support for the client is coherent, co-ordinated and consistent
• Tracking and monitoring of progress and outcomes including liaison with parents/ families
• Acting as an advocate or supporter in assisting service users to better access mainstream services
• The maintenance of relationships with key organisations in the city which work with young people on the programme
• Ensuring evaluation evidence is captured on an ongoing basis to determine the value of the service to users
• Implementing and complying with all the Foundation’s policies, including Safeguarding Policy and procedures and ground rules for implementing appropriate behaviour with children, young people and adults

Special Requirements:

• Enhanced-level DBS check will be completed by the employer
• Successful candidates will be expected to work occasional evenings and weekends, for which time will be given back in lieu
• Driving license preferred due to working across multiple sites.