VACANCY: Didcot Mentoring Lead – Train Didcot

ocva.org; East Hagbourne; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

TRAIN – Inspiring Young People is seeking a Didcot Mentoring Lead to deliver early intervention support for young people aged 10–18 across local schools, running 1:1 and group mentoring on goal-setting, healthy relationships, emotional regulation and positive choices.

The role focuses on Didcot schools, building strong relationships with partners and contributing to TRAIN’s wider youth work, including outreach, youth clubs and trips.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence
• Passionate about supporting under-served young people
• Confident building rapport and managing challenging behaviour
• Committed to safeguarding good practice

Responsibilities

• Deliver early intervention mentoring for ages 10–18 across local schools (1:1 and group sessions) focusing on goal-setting, healthy relationships, emotional regulation and educational engagement
• Develop and deliver mentoring provisions across Didcot schools, tailoring to individual needs and building relationships with schools and partners
• Contribute to TRAIN’s wider youth work, including outreach, youth clubs and trips
• Build meaningful rapport with young people and stakeholders, ensuring sessions evolve with changing needs

Job description

VACANCY: Didcot Mentoring Lead – Train Didcot

September 2, 2026

Role summary:

TRAIN – Inspiring Young People is looking for a Didcot Mentoring Lead to deliver early intervention support for young people aged 10–18 across local schools, running 1:1 and group mentoring on goal-setting, healthy relationships, emotional regulation, educational engagement and positive choices, while building strong relationships with schools and partners and contributing to TRAIN’s wider youth work, including outreach, youth clubs and trips. We’re looking for someone passionate about supporting under-served young people, confident building rapport and managing challenging behaviour, and committed to safeguarding good practice, with a full UK driving licence; applicants needn’t meet every criterion to apply.

Job location: DIDCOT

Contract is: Permanent

– Focus on early intervention for young people. Help young people with goal-setting, healthy relationships, emotional regulation, educational engagement and making positive choices.

– Develop and deliver consistent and nurturing mentoring provisions across all of the secondary schools in Didcot and the primary schools in and around Didcot, providing young people with the much needed 1:1 and group support which you will be able to tailor to their individual needs.

– Ensure that our mentoring provision continues to evolve and that sessions evolve to meet young people’s ever-changing needs.

– Build meaningful rapport with the young people through an approach grounded in the principles of informal education, voluntary engagement and consistency.

– Building excellent relationships with our schools and stakeholders

– Comfortable engaging with young people in our other varied settings as required.