Secondary School Youth Mentor

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate, enthusiastic and driven individual to join our team in the following position:

Working, supporting and mentoring identified pupils in Secondary and Alternative Provision schools across Northamptonshire, you will inspire, engage and support young people to achieve their potential. Using the unique appeal of the football club and sport, you will deliver the NTFC CT schools’ provision and the Secondary Schools Mentoring programme. This will include delivery of classroom-based support in literacy and numeracy, Mental Wellbeing /PSHE sessions, physical activity lessons in groups or one to one in pastoral capacity to support pupil development, targeted behaviour interventions and extra-curricular activities in football and multi-skills.

The post holder will therefore have a broad range of experience in working with young people, including teaching in line with a scheme of work and a very good understanding of current issues affecting them. The programme works with pupils who meet certain risk factors and aims to support them in developing skills and strategies to also achieve positive mental health.

You will be passionate about improving the lives of young people using sport as a vehicle to break down barriers. Activities will be delivered in low levels of need, specialist alternative & SEND education settings. This role is exciting and fast paced with no two days being the same. You will be embedded within the same partner schools across the full academic year to develop relationships and measure the impact you make.

Why work with us?

We know that people are the key to us achieving our mission – and that’s why we look after our dedicated team. We believe that everyone on our team should grow as the organisation grows – and we do that by encouraging constant learning and development. We know that if we invest in our team, our team go the extra mile.