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Our Future Lifeskills Mentor programme aims to improve each young person’s social skills, behaviour, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and bolster academic achievement. These improvements are achieved by unpicking the young person's schooling and out of school life and looking for key indicators that will give OFT staff a better handle on supporting the young person in achieving the desired outcomes.

Rate : £20 per hour

Roles and Responsibilities

Our Future Lifeskills Mentors will provide a complimentary service addressing the needs of Children and Young People C&YP)between the ages of 5-25 years who need help to overcome barriers to learning in order to achieve their full potential.

Our Future Mentor’s primary duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Carry out 1:1 or group work including Anger Management, Self Esteem, other mentoring activities which address/involve attendance, punctuality, transition, relationships (Parents and Peers), PHSE, outside agencies.

• Draw up personal action plan for each (C&YP).

• Develop a 1:1 mentoring relationship with C&YP who are demonstrating:

a. Falling motivation or confidence.

b. Falling punctuality or attendance.

c. Deteriorating behaviour.

d. Experiencing difficulties with relationships, Family and Peers.

e. Significant underachievement – academically.

• Maintain regular contact with families/carers of C&YP in need of extra support, to keep them informed of the C&YP’s needs and progress and to secure positive family support and involvement.

To ensure that the needs of the gifted and talented C&YP and those with special educational needs are met.

• To attend to C&YP personal needs and provide advice to assist in their social, Finances (day-day budgeting), Nutrition, health and hygiene development.

• Challenge and motivate C&YP, promote and reinforce self-esteem.

• Provide information and advice to enable C&YP to make choices about their own learning/behaviour/attendance.

• Network with other OFT Mentors and share good practice.

• Attend relevant Mentor training.

• Complete reports for monitoring and evaluation purposes.

• Complete the administrative duties relevant to the role of Mentor.

• Comply with all the requirements of Safeguarding, Child Protection, Health and Safety – taking appropriate action where necessary.

Skills, qualifications, and general requirements

• Enhanced DBS Check

• Ability to plan and schedule

• You must promote and safeguard the welfare of C&YP and vulnerable people that you are responsible for or come into contact with.

• Ability to motivate and engage students to study

• Patience and understanding

• Ability to adapt to different learning styles

• Ability to be a role model

Mentor education and training requirements

• NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification or experience in relevant disciplines

• Appropriate first aid training

• Complete Mentoring for Mentor CPD Training – OFT requirement

• Experience of working with C&YP

Our Future Tutoring is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to understand and share this commitment. We have a shared commitment to develop a culture of respect, where discrimination is not tolerated. We welcome all applications, including those from under-represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.