Youth Mentor

Job Title: Youth Mentor

Location: Based at the Ashburton Youth Club, Putney

Salary: £23,300 – £25,000 per annum

Job type: Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

The Role:

To reflect the need of our current demographic of young people, Regenerate is looking to recruit a highly motivated and hardworking male mentor. The role will create opportunities for young people to develop their skills, confidence and self-awareness, supporting them to build positive relationships and to engage with education, employment and training opportunities.

The Company:

Regenerate is a youth charity based in Roehampton, SW London that aims to create opportunities for young people to thrive. Regenerate’s mission is to inspire and support young people by building strong, lasting relationships and creating life changing opportunities; helping them grow in confidence, make the best of their lives and impact the world for good. Regenerate actively encourages applications from people of all minority and underrepresented groups.

Responsibilities:

Mentoring work:

• Mentor a case load of mentees from Regenerate’s Mentoring and Coaching service and ‘The Feel Good Bakery’, delivering 1:1 and/or group work support at Regenerate, in Schools, the community and online
• Co-develop mentorship action plans with mentee’s; tailored to their goals and utilising a mentoring and executive function skills development approach
• Plan and prepare sessions for mentee’s, supporting them through the process and facilitating their exit plans
• Support the organisation and administration of trips for mentee’s periodically
• Adhere to Regenerate’s code of conduct when working with all young people and ensure that mentoring and coaching protocols and practice is adopted
• Work collaboratively with other organisations involved with the mentee’s support network when necessary, e.g. schools, Social Services, Youth Justice Service, to support them effectively
• Collate monitoring & evaluation information using Salesforce and relevant procedures. Report to your line manager regarding your mentee’s progress and work plan regularly
• Meet reporting deadlines as required
• Follow safeguarding procedures and Risk Assessments

All necessary training will be provided

Development:

• Participate in relevant professional development opportunities, supervision and training
• Any other duty that might be required by your line manager in relation to organisational goals

Internal Relations:

• Feed into team meetings, youth work working groups and supervision groups
• Attend strategic days away with the regenerate team and contribute to the development of the organisation as a whole

Benefits:

• A budget equalling 5% of your salary towards Learning, Development and Wellbeing
• Generous annual leave policy: 25 days, plus bank holidays and 3 extra days between Christmas and new year
• Recharge hours: A few extra hours off per quarter are given for you to re-charge your battery
• Health Cash Plan Package: Which includes 24-hour health advice and counselling, contribution to health costs, and grocery/high street/gym discounts
• Wellbeing wallet: £100 a year towards treats of your choice such as books to read, pampering kit or days out
• Staff away days, regular team bonding days, wellbeing hours and socials
• Working for a recognised and respected name in the local borough and charitable youth work sector, which acts as a springboard to future roles

Person Specification:

You will be…

• Supportive of the aims and purposes of Regenerate, and committed to improving the outcomes of young people
• Committed to promoting equity and celebrating diversity, with an understanding of what this means when working with young people
• Flexible and adaptable

Abilities & Skills

• Ability to take initiative and work in an integrated team
• Excellent abilities at building working relationships with a full range of people
• Good presentation skills
• Ability to plan, organize and prioritise
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Ability to collate and write reports to meet deadlines

Experience

• Youth work training or any other relevant qualification/equivalent experience
• Demonstrable interest and knowledge of youth work practice and an understanding of the issues that young people face today
• Knowledge, understanding and experience in dealing with safeguarding issues and carrying out procedures for working with young people

You may also have:

• Experience of working with young people in an organised youth work setting
• Administration experience: specifically of collecting and collating monitoring information
• Proven track record of working effectively with challenging young people
• Delivering and evaluating activities that increase positive outcomes for young people
• Word-processing skills and full working knowledge of Microsoft Office software

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Candidates with the relevant experience of: Mentoring Officer, Mentoring Coach, Outreach Officer, Progress mentor, Learning Mentor, Mentor, Student Advisor, Student mentor, Progress Support, Student Support, Student Support Mentor, Learning Assistant, Learning Adviser, Educator, Learning Coach, Mentor, Training Support Officer, Peer Advisor may also be considered for this role.