Primary Outreach Mentor - Reconnect & Inspire Learners

Shorefields; Wickford; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Employee Assistance Programme

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Shorefields in Wickford is seeking a Primary Outreach Mentor to reconnect children with learning across homes, communities, and local schools. This full-time role offers a rewarding, non-desk position where you build trusted relationships and deliver engaging activities that reignite curiosity and belonging for primary-aged children.

You'll work across settings, perform welfare checks, and collaborate with families, teachers and external agencies to remove barriers and support reintegration into

Qualifications

• Experience working with primary-aged children in education, youth work, or pastoral settings.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with young children and communicate with empathy.
• Confidence working in different environments - homes, communities, and primary school settings.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• Creativity, flexibility and a solution-focused mindset.
• Courage to work independently and humility to ask for help when needed.

Responsibilities

• Make real connections - Build trust with children and families through meaningful welfare checks and home visits
• Work across settings - Support children in local primary schools, helping them engage with learning and overcome barriers in the classroom
• Deliver a specialist curriculum - Deliver engaging, age-appropriate sessions that reignite curiosity and prepare children to thrive in school
• Be a champion - Advocate for young learners, working alongside families, teachers and external agencies to remove barriers and create opportunities
• Change lives - Watch children rediscover their confidence, rebuild relationships with learning, and take their next steps forward

Skills

Experience with children

Empathy and communication

Safeguarding

Independent work

Job description

Shorefields in Wickford is seeking a Primary Outreach Mentor to reconnect children with learning across homes, communities, and local schools. This full-time role offers a rewarding, non-desk position where you build trusted relationships and deliver engaging activities that reignite curiosity and belonging for primary-aged children.

You'll work across settings, perform welfare checks, and collaborate with families, teachers and external agencies to remove barriers and support reintegration into