Lead Mentor

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Job Introduction

Lead Mentor - Fixed-Term Secondment until 31st March 2026

We have received grant funding from the Department for Education to provide bespoke and intensive Mentoring, Advocacy and Support to children in our care and care leavers.

If you have experience of working with children and young people supporting them with engaging in their community and providing a safe point of reference for them we want to hear from you.

This role will be joining a small and established team working in Royal Greenwich's Virtual School. Our work is to support the existing networks around each child in our care whilst promoting a sense of belonging and identity.

We know how important positive life experiences are for young people so much of this role is to get out and about with young people taking part in and encouraging safe play and confidence building.

We also form a key part of the network around each child ensuring quality advocacy for each child is ever present.

If you think you have the skills to engage children and support them learn and grow into their journey to adulthood and beyond please get in touch with us.

We are looking for a wide range of skills and experiences- play/youth worker, social workers, education staff, sports coaches, those with experience of mentoring, youth justice workers etc.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role.Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role.Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert.When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification . We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.

Attached documents

• Job description
• Person Specification