Leicester City in the Community has a fantastic opportunity for a Wellbeing and Engagement Mentor to join our dynamic team on a fixed term basis, covering maternity leave. The young people you support may be experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, challenges with behaviour, low self-esteem, or social and emotional needs that make it difficult for them to engage in mainstream education. As a result, the ideal candidate will have significant experience supporting young and/or vulnerable people and have attained a Level 2 Youth Work / Mentoring qualification (or similar).
Responsibilities
* liaise with key stakeholders including school staff, families, external agencies, and CAMHS.
* track progress and contribute to monitoring and evaluation processes. This may include collecting qualitative and quantitative data, contributing to case studies, and supporting regular reporting requirements
* build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
* maintain a calm and supportive approach, and a passion for working with vulnerable young people
Partnerships
* Understand the Service Level Agreement in place
* Engage positively with partner organisations ensuring delivery is mutually beneficial
Participants
* Engage, inspire and empower all participants through togetherness, respect and pride
* Keep an up to date, secure record of attendance
* Ensure all sessions are planned and reviewed
* Ensure you have all the equipment and resources you require for your delivery
Communication
* Ensure your sessions are promoted effectively
* Identify and share positive / success stories
* Contribute to the promotion of your participants, projects and programmes
Impact
* Ensure you understand the KPIs you are delivering against and are aware of the expected outcomes
* Collect and input the minimum data requirements for your delivery
* Update Salesforce, Views, Participant, Upshot etc minimum monthly
* Contribute to monitoring and evaluation.
Safeguarding & Risk Management
* Children and Young People (KCSiE) and / or Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults (including Preventing Extremism)
* Refer all safeguarding concerns to LCitC's DSL
* Use My Concern effectively and report clearly and consistently
* Actively participate in all Safeguarding and Risk Management training
* Risk assesses all activity you deliver and continually adapt the risk assessment
* Report and record all accidents and incidents in a timely manner
Finance
* Have an awareness of the resource budget for your delivery and liaise with your line manager to ensure high quality delivery
L&D
* Take responsibility for your own learning and development, seeking your own development opportunities, learning from others and actively participating in all L and D activity
* Record your Learning and Development opportunities, reflect on your achievements, and implement methods to continuously improve
Governance
* Ensure you understand how to keep personal data safe and secure
* Be mindful of the environmental impact of your work and minimise by reducing printing, recycling, sustainable travel etc.
* Ensure you have read and understood the latest addition of our People Handbook
Contract Type - Fixed-Term
Hours Per Week - 37.5
You may be required to work outside of normal office hours, at evenings and weekends.
Location - LCitC is based at King Power Stadium, Leicester. The delivery of sessions will take place at partner schools/local community centres etc. Some aspects of the role will require homeworking; therefore you will need the ability to travel across multiple sites across Leicester and Charnwood.
Leicestershire is made up of vibrant, ambitious and resilient communities. Leicester City in the Community supports these groups, and the people within them, through exciting programmes with a passionate and dedicated team at its core. We aim to Engage, Inspire and Empower through Togetherness, Respect and Pride, changing lives and transforming communities.
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