Wellbeing and Engagement Mentor

Wellbeing and Engagement Mentor

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Leicester City Football Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk of harm, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Wellbeing and Engagement Mentor

Who We Are

Leicestershire is made up of vibrant, ambitious and resilient communities. Leicester City in the Community support these groups, and the people within them, through exciting programmes with a passionate and dedicated team at its core. We aim to Engage, Inspire and Empower through Togetherness, Respect and Pride, changing lives and transforming communities.

Leicester City in the Community has a fantastic opportunity for a Wellbeing and Engagement Mentor to join our dynamic team on a 12-month fixed term basis.

About The Role

The aim of the role is to work alongside and support identified young people who require additional support within mainstream education and alternative provision settings.

Key Duties;

· To work 1:1 or within small groups with identified young people in order to re-engage them within education and improve in the areas in line with programme outcomes.

To work alongside outside agencies to create and offer well rounded support designed to improve identified issues

To develop and deliver high quality resources and sessions

To support the development of a range of intervention sessions that seek to engage, enthuse and raise aspirations of young people

To monitor the progress of the project to ensure all data is accurate and appropriately managed

To contribute to internal and external monitoring reports in a timely manner to a high standard with detail and accuracy

Who We’re Looking For

Skills required for success:

Ability to work using own initiative

Excellent communicator at a variety of levels

Excellent organisation and planning skills

Able to encourage, motivate and enthuse young people to participate

Committed, self-motivated and driven

Strong commitment to high quality delivery

Ability to form strong and sustain appropriate working relationships

Essential requirements:

Must satisfy relevant pre-employment checks including two current references relevant to the position and Enhanced DBS check

Ability to travel independently across the city and county

Contract Type – Fixed-Term (12 months)

Hours Per Week – 37.5

You may be required to work outside of normal office hours, at evenings and weekends.

Location – LCitC is based at King Power Stadium, Leicester. The delivery of sessions with take place at partner schools/Local Community centres etc and some aspects of the role will require homeworking, therefore you will need the ability to travel across multiple sites across Leicester and Charnwood.

Leicester City in the Community is an equal opportunities employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Leicester City in the Community is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As such, you may be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service and prior to taking up any role.

A shortlist of suitable applicants will be compiled shortly after the closing date and successful candidates will be contacted about the interview process