Transition Mentor NEW Salford Council Posted today Salford £35,235 - £37,938 Expires on 09/03/2025

Salford NHS Clinical Commissioning Group; Salford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team dedicated to empowering young people in Salford! This exciting role focuses on mentoring Year 11 students, helping them navigate their post-16 education and career paths. You'll work closely with families and develop innovative solutions to overcome barriers. If you're passionate about making a difference and fostering strong relationships, this position offers you the chance to impact the lives of young residents positively. An established organization committed to diversity and inclusion awaits your expertise and creativity to inspire the next generation.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Diverse and inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Experience in mentoring or counseling young people.
• Ability to build effective relationships with young people and families.

Responsibilities

• Support Year 11 students in engaging with post-16 education and training.
• Develop partnerships to advocate for young people's needs.

Skills

Mentoring

Counseling

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Do you want to join an exciting and dynamic team? This is a new role to enhance our current support offer to local people.

This role sits within the Skills and Work team, which provides strategic, operational, and commissioning support to Salford young people and residents. Our vision is to provide clear pathways for residents to develop the skills and experience they need to progress into quality and sustainable careers. We do this by focusing on solutions to address barriers for residents participating in education, employment, and training. This role is additional to one other existing Transition Mentor in the team.

About the Role

What will you be doing?

Reporting into a Policy and Development Officer, you will play a key role in providing a professional and supportive role to Salford's young people by directly supporting a cohort of Year 11 students who need additional support via mentoring to engage in positive post 16 education, employment, and training destinations. Approaching the role with a positive mindset you will:

• Embed a solution-focused attitude to engage young people and their families
• Be tenacious in supporting young people to recognise their barriers to participating and support them to develop innovative solutions
• Contribute to the ongoing review and design of the team goals and activities, to further drive outcomes for young people
• Develop strong partnerships across multiple partners, to advocate for young people and work towards a 'whole system' approach to supporting young people at key transition points

About you

We are seeking a creative individual who wants to make a difference through:

• Developing effective and supportive relationships with young people and families to motivate and inspire young people
• Modelling the Salford City Council core values and behaviours
• Building strong multi-agency relationships and communicating effectively
• Having experience in a mentoring, counselling, or related field
• Working on their own initiative to develop solutions in partnership with others

Please provide a covering letter along with your CV when applying for this position. If you have any additional questions you can email [e-mail].

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