Student Progress Mentor

Havant & South Downs College; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 19,000; Part time

Job summary

Havant & South Downs College is seeking a compassionate Student Progress Mentor to support students to overcome barriers to learning, improve attendance and engagement, and progress toward their goals. You will manage a caseload, provide one-to-one guidance, and coordinate targeted interventions in collaboration with teaching staff and external support services.

The role requires excellent communication, organisational skills, and a genuine passion for helping young people succeed.

Qualifications

• English and maths to level 2 or above are required.
• Safeguarding Lead qualification or willingness to obtain.
• One of the specified youth-related qualifications is required.
• First Aid qualification or willingness to obtain.
• Understanding of barriers to learning and mental health in students.
• Experience liaising with external support services is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop skills of disengaging students and coordinate support plans with tutors.
• Maintain caseloads and create records of cases and outcomes for monitoring.
• Deliver triage services and signpost to internal and external support.
• Organise targeted interventions and liaise with parents/carers as appropriate.
• Collaborate with staff to support students inside and outside the classroom.
• Identify trends in student progress and address them with targeted interventions.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Empathy

Student support

Education

English and Maths at level 2 or above

Designated Safeguarding Lead (or willing to obtain)

Youth work qualification OR Nursing qualification OR Public Health qualification OR Health & Wellbeing qualification OR teaching qualification

First Aid qualification (or willingness to obtain)

Understanding barriers to learning and mental health needs

Job description

Contract Type

10 hours / 38 weeks

About the Role

We are looking for a compassionate, proactive and resilient Student Progress Mentor to join our team at HSDC.

You will support students to overcome barriers to learning, improve attendance and engagement, and achieve their full potential. Working closely with teaching staff, parents/carers and internal and external support services, you will manage a caseload of students, provide one-to-one guidance, coordinate targeted interventions and support students with their wellbeing and progression opportunities.

The ideal candidate will have experience working with young people facing challenging circumstances, excellent communication and organisational skills, and a genuine passion for helping students succeed. If you are empathetic, adaptable and committed to making a positive difference to young people's lives, we would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Develop the skills of students who are disengaging following referrals from tutors. Liaise with relevant specialist colleagues to create, coordinate and implement a support plan for identified students with clear targets.
• Maintain own caseload of supported students creating detailed records of cases, and student outcomes in order to contribute to monitoring and evaluation, using statistical and qualitative data.
• Deliver a triage service for students and referring staff, correctly sign posting students in need to appropriate in-house and external support provision.
• Deliver targeted support interventions, including making referrals for students with physical/mental health issues and liaise with parents/carers as appropriate.
• Work with teaching colleagues and other staff as appropriate to find ways to support referred students within and outside the classroom, including organising case conferences and attending disciplinary meetings as required.
• Pro-actively identify trends in student progress, especially in relation to well-being, behaviour and expectations and address these through targeted interventions and support provision.

Requirements

You will need:

• English and maths to at least level 2
• Designated Safeguarding Lead (or willing to obtain)
• Youth work qualification Or Nursing qualification Or Public Health qualification Or Health & Wellbeing qualification Or teaching qualification
• First Aid Qualification or willingness to obtain
• Understanding of the barriers to learning faced by students including the growth in the support required for mental health.
• Working knowledge of external support agencies and stakeholders