Kind and Patient Mentor for 16-year-old boy
Ref: NDS9051
Location: Shoreham-by-Sea
This role is to support a Child.
Job Details
Employment status: Employed
Hours per week: 10 hours per week, term time only. Outside of school hours. Please apply with your availability.
Hourly pay rate: £28.50 per hour plus mileage (applicable during working hours) at 45p per mile.
Drivers licence required: Yes
Own vehicle needed: Yes
Through this support, we hope to:
* Build his confidence, self-esteem and sense of self
* Support the gradual development of social understanding and friendships
* Encourage safe, positive engagement with activities in the community
* Help him develop independence and everyday life skills
* Use his interests—such as music, exercise and sport—as a positive and motivating foundation for engagement
Duties include:
* Transportation
* Companionship
* Accessing and participating in social and leisure activities e.g. Sport activities, music etc (the successful candidate is not expected to know how to play a musical instrument, just someone who is interested in music).
* Encourage healthy routines, including exercise and wellbeing-focused habits.
* Support with developing social understanding (e.g. boundaries, trust, communication skills, friendship building)
* Support life skills such as planning routines, travel training, basic organisation, and decision-making
* Gently challenge negative self-beliefs
Candidate qualities:
* Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
* Reliable with good timekeeping
* Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
* Hygienic, tidy and well organised
* Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
* Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
* Honest and cheerful
* Creative
* Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
* Must be comfortable with pets
* Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
* Ideally have mentoring experience and have experience of supporting young people with social communication needs
* Non-smoker strongly preferred
Employment Terms
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.
If you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract.
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